1/5
Great story, shitty movie. Priest is a movie based off of a manga (Priest) inspired by a game (Blood). It shares a similar setting to the manga but differs slightly in story.
It's set in a world where humans and vampires are engaged in a constant struggle. The only advantage the humans have against the vampires is the sun, until the priests come along. The priests are a band of holy warriors specially trained to slay vampires. After most of the vampires were slain the priests were no longer needed. They were then slowly integrated in normal society, but never fully adjusted.
Priest (Paul Bettany) catches word that his niece Lucy Pace (Lily Collins) has been captured by vampires and wishes to leave his hometown to get her back. However, Monsignor Chamberlain (Christopher Plummer) forbids Priest from leaving the city, saying that to do so would be an act against the church, thus an act against god. Priest tells the Mosignor to stick it and embarks on his quest to kick some vampire tail.
Like the manga the movie has a creative and appealing setting, a cyberpunk western environment littered with vampires and small human settlements scattered between large tracks of desert land.
Although the story was interesting, filled with unique twists and turns, in the end it comes up a tad short. The movie leaves a little to be desired with a run time of 87 minutes.
The action scenes are nicely choreographed but the special effects are a bit cheesy at times. And the dialog is downright awkward, probably due to bad acting.
In the end the only real thing this movie had going for it was the premise. Director Scott Charles Stewart could have done better. . . It's a movie best left for Netflix.
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