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In the run-up to the release of Prey back in 2022, director Dan Trachtenberg talked openly about its Mad Max: Fury Road influences and how intriguing a challenge it was to make a film that blends heart and emotion with fast-paced action. "We wanted the movie to already feel dramatic and compelling before the Predator even gets involved in the story. Then when [it] does show up, it doesn't switch gears, it only enhances," he told GamesRadar+ at the time – a creed he's doubled down on for the franchise's latest addition: Predator: Killer of Killers.

FAST FACTS

Release date: June 6

Available on: Hulu (US), Disney Plus (UK)

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Runtime: 90 minutes

You see, the animated "anthology" – the three sections do tie together, but we won't spoil how here – isn't really about the Yautja at all. At least not at first, anyway. It opens in 841 AD, where Viking warrior Ursa (Lindsay LaVanchy) has enlisted her young son Anders to help track down the man who killed her father. "That day, something was born inside of me; a monster with claws around my heart, breathing fire into my soul," she tells Anders through gritted teeth, as a flashback clues us in on the painful memory. Haunted by visions of her pops ordering her to avenge him, her search for Zorin leaves blood in her wake in more ways than one, and the crimson path leads the titular creature straight to her.