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Priest (2011)

 -  Action | Horror | Sci-Fi  -  13 May 2011 (USA)
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A priest disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece.

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PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world -- one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his daughter's boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills. Written by Screen Gems

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vampire | priest | church | warrior | niece | See more »

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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, disturbing images and brief strong language | See all certifications »

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Also Known As:

Priest - El vengador  »

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$14,953,664 (USA) (13 May 2011)

Gross:

$29,136,626 (USA) (17 June 2011)
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Gerard Butler and Steven Strait were originally cast. See more »

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When Priest readies himself to leave the city, his hands change from being wrapped to unwrapped then back to wrapped when he gets his motorcycle. See more »

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Hicks: [Priest is carving crosses into bullets] What's with all the bullets? I thought priests didn't use firearms.
Priest: We don't. They're for you.
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"Mozart III Sequentia: Tuba mirum (Requiem in D minor K. 626)"
Written by W. A. Mozart
Performed by The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Conductor Sir Neville Marriner
Courtesy of Decca Music Group
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Better than you may think ...!
9 May 2011 | by (Spain) – See all my reviews

Priest opened last Friday in Spain.I went to the cinema without knowing the mange or the back story. I watched the trailer and I though the movie was going to be a Paul Anderson style post apocalyptic crap fest. Oh boy, how wrong I was. Yes there's "bullet-time" sequences in the action but that's not the point. The action scenes are well shoot and you can see clearly the movements and the characters.neat editing. It's like a superhero movie that rips on zombie movies, vampire movies, mad max movies, spaghetti western movies and a little bit blade runner too. Some of "Daybreakers" some of I am legend.But…it works. It's not my kind of a movie but I found myself yelling and having fun all along its 87 minutes running. Yes, there's CGI creatures but the design of the monsters it's really cool. There's a very well done animated prologue and stunning sets and photography of the apocalyptic plain field.It's a decent comic book-action-western-horror film but don't expect deep on it.it's simple, effective and entertaining. Well done!


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