In “Prey”, available on Disney +, a detail echoes the second installment with Danny Glover, released in 1990, and solves one of the mysteries of the franchise. Explanations.
In Prey, the new installment of the Predator franchise, the warrior from outer space lands in the 18th century and encounters the Comanches, an indigenous people of America. Very different from the other opuses, this film nevertheless pays homage to the original with a few nods, but also to its sequel.
One of the details answers one of the mysteries of Predator 2. To understand, you have to remember the final sequence of the 1990 film: after defeating a Predator, Lieutenant Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) faces other warriors, come to recover the body of their similar. As a sign of respect, one of them offers the lieutenant a pistol with the following inscription: “Raphael Adolini 1715”.
Without much explanation, the alien returns to his ship. Originally, this gun was meant to prepare audiences for a third installment centered on the activities of extraterrestrials on Earth through the centuries. Unfortunately, Predator 2 is a failure and Twentieth Century Fox abandons the project.
NO PREDATOR 3… BUT A COMICS
The weapon dated 1715 resurfaced in 1996 in a short story published in the comics A Decade of Dark Horse. Entitled “Predator 1718”, the story looks back on the encounter between the pirate Raphael Adolini and a Predator who came to Earth. While the human faces his own in a bloody fight, the alien comes to his aid. The pirate is finally hit by a bullet. Before dying, he offers his weapon to the warrior.
Good news for fans: Raphael Adolini’s pistol is present in Prey. However, its origin is different from that of the comics. After escaping the Canadians – and incidentally the Predator – the heroine Naru (Amber Midthunder) returns to their camp the next day.
Disney+ Raphael Adolini’s weapon in “Prey”.
She comes to the aid of one of them seriously injured. To prove his good faith, the man hands him his pistol. A few minutes later, the young woman will learn to use it in spite of herself.
It is only at the very end of the film that the spectators discover the inscriptions engraved on the firearm. Prey doesn’t explain how the Predators get the gun back, but as Naru fears, it’s a safe bet the Warriors will return in greater numbers. It is possible to imagine that one of the aliens will recover the weapon during a new confrontation.
Prey is available on Disney+.