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Title: Priest (2011)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Paul Bettany | ... | Priest | |
| Karl Urban | ... | Black Hat | |
| Cam Gigandet | ... | Hicks | |
| Maggie Q | ... | Priestess | |
| Lily Collins | ... | Lucy Pace | |
| Brad Dourif | ... | Salesman | |
| Stephen Moyer | ... | Owen Pace | |
| Christopher Plummer | ... | Monsignor Orelas | |
| Alan Dale | ... | Monsignor Chamberlain | |
| Mädchen Amick | ... | Shannon Pace | |
| Jacob Hopkins | ... | Boy | |
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Dave Florek | ... | Crocker |
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Joel Polinsky | ... | Dr. Tomlin |
| Josh Wingate | ... | Familiar | |
| Jon Braver | ... | Familiar | |
PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic action thriller, is set in an alternative 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 niece's boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills. Written by Screen Gems
In all honesty while the film looked kind of interesting I was from reading reviews that it was a waste of time(not just on IMDb). So I watched Priest expecting little, but while it had a fair amount of problems with it I found it decent. Is it the best of year? No. The worst? Nowhere near for me. Priest in my mind is somewhere near the lower-middle of the spectrum.
Where Priest scores especially is in the costume and set design which look wonderful, and the photography and editing looks very slick and the lighting atmospheric. The soundtrack is excellent too, with a rather epic feel to it sometimes. I enjoyed the performances of Paul Bettany and Cam Gigandet, was intrigued somewhat by the characters, even if they are a little vacuous and found the direction decent.
What wasn't so good was primarily the length, I personally think Priest was on the too-short side. Had the film been longer, the script could have been less choppy and underdeveloped and the story-though it did have an interesting concept to work from- less rushed and simplistic. Mostly I was impressed with the stylish look of the film, but I did occasionally find the effects on the artificial side.
Overall, underdeveloped and rather rushed, but the film's look especially saves it. 6/10 Bethany Cox