Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele

For moviegoers who prefer cheeky wit, down-and-dirty mayhem and grown-up suspense in their air-conditioned escapism, The Prey deserves to light up the summer art house.

Observer by Rex Reed

Okay, The Prey is ridiculous hokum that proves the French can make overwrought Hollywood thrillers with the same indefatigable energy and implausible realism as anyone else. It is also a slick, suspenseful adrenalin rush disguised as unexpected, nerve-wracking fun.

Slant Magazine by Chuck Bowen

The Prey doesn't have the obsessive pull of a great thriller, as it's undeniably an impersonal toy, but it's a hell of a toy.

Village Voice

If the thrills it yields are expected ones, the pleasure in the formula remains.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

It doesn’t aspire to art-house significance, just to white-knuckled entertainment.

Village Voice by Rob Staeger

If the thrills it yields are expected ones, the pleasure in the formula remains.

Variety by Justin Chang

Gallic helmer Eric Valette (“State Affairs”) invests this giddily implausible crime yarn with a propulsive sense of energy.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

The script unfurls too many obvious setups, but director Eric Valette is smart enough to rely on his most authentic effect — Dupontel’s natural intensity.

Time Out by David Fear

The closer we get to a climax (and the more that absurd reversals keep getting piled on), the less effective Dupontel’s brutish charisma is in keeping things interesting and afloat. You pray the next he-man outing makes better use of his presence.

Time Out London

Franck’s survival and investigation techniques are glossed over in favour of convenient coincidences and sensationalist set-pieces: this hero’s emotional struggles are kept at arm’s length.

The Guardian by Xan Brooks

Director, Eric Valette, is an exuberant market-stall trader, hawking knock-off ingredients.

Total Film by Tom Dawson

Sweeping landscape shots and the reliable presence of Sergi López, here playing a scarred private investigator, can’t distract from the clichés of a particularly dim-witted script.