PRIEST
2 out of 5 stars

ehh, i didn’t have high hopes for this reli-horror movie. but does paul bettany have a contract with screen gems to actually star in these awful reli-horror flicks?! the angel one he last starred in was alright, but this one really flopped… i know it’s based upon a korean graphic novel and all, but this wasn’t even that stylized or interesting! hmm… :/

paul bettany (such a wonderful actor- why are you starring in crap like this?) is a priest, a vampire hunter of sorts, who works for the church. the church in this world runs the city like a police state, so there’s mandatory confessions run by a computer program, priests who protect the city from vampires, and a council of monsignors who run the city and believe vampires are no longer a threat… well, little do they know that a family is attacked by vicious vampires, and that a young girl has been kidnapped by said vampires. that young girl happens to be priest’s niece, and sheriff hicks (hottie cam gigandet!) tracks priest down to go after the vamps. they track the kidnappers to a vampire reservation, then to the hive, then to jericho, where the kidnappers basically slaughter the whole village… there’s always a villain in these types of movies, and it happens to be a guy called black hat (karl urban), who used to be a priest before he got “infected”. the priest and black hat used to be friends/colleagues, so that makes it an interesting relationship… ;)

so, stephen moyer AKA bill compton from true blood is in this… that guy can’t seem to get away from the vampire genre, huh? :P he’s got a very small cameo type role as the father of the kidnapped girl and also priest’s brother too! (that was sort of a plot twist but not really) the plot is very shallow, and you almost want there to be some sort of conspiracy but it never happens! BOO… also, this wasn’t as stylized as it should have been, which makes you want to watch underworld b/c this is just a lame/knock-off of UW. BOO again… :/

p.s. best scene in the whole movie is when he starts reciting from the bible, then these crazy ninja-star crucifixes fly out to kill vamps. really unexpected, and wished the whole movie was like that! COMEON! :P