Priest

Plot Summary

After centuries of war between men and vampires, the Church assigns warrior-priests to vanquish the vampires. The survivors are kept in reserves and hives and the humans live in chaotic cities ruled by the Church. The priests are outcast by the Church, afraid of the power of their fighting skill. When Shannon and Owen Pace, who live in an outpost, are slaughtered by vampires and their daughter Lucy is abducted by the vampires, the local sheriff Hicks seeks out Owen's brother, the Priest, to search for Lucy. The Priest asks permission to Monsignor Orelas but he denies. So the Priest breaks his vows and travels with Hicks to track down the vampires and rescue Lucy before they turn her into a familiar. Sooner the warrior Priestess joins the Priest and Hicks in their quest. imdb

Movie Box

Director	Scott Stewart
Producer	Michael DeLuca
	Joshua Donen
	Mitchell Peck
Screenplay	Cory Goodman
Based On	Priest by Min-Woo Hyung
Music	Christopher Young
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Editing	Lisa Zeno Churgin
Studio	Tokyopop
Distributor	Screen Gems
Release Date	13 May 2011
Running Time	1 hour, 27 minutes

Cast

Paul Bettany	Priest
Karl Urban	Black Hat
Cam Gigandet	Hicks
Maggie Q	Pristess
Lily Collins	Lucy Pace
Stephen Moyer	Owen Pace
Madchen Amick	Shannon Pace
Christopher Plummer	Monsignor Orelas
Alan Dale	Monsignor Chamberlain

REEL Review
I have read that this film is based on a Korean comic of the same name. I am not fully aware of the comic, so I am seeing this film as an independent material and just a movie alone. 

Regardless of whatever the story in comic is, Priest is a combination of supernatural and action-packed film. I do not know why the vampire slayers have to priests or some spiritually inclined group, but it clearly shows that the elite group is highly skilled and has supernatural abilities to kill vampires. 

Not much good things to mention about the story, because it is perceivable from the beginning. And the twist about Lucy being Priest's (the lead role) daughter is a common thing. What is not common about that is, he is a priest. And he has a daughter. Yeee.

Cinematography is just fine. The setting of the film is perfect for the plot. It was a mixture of modern and old architecture. The confession room is very modern. Confessing via video conference, that would be cool. The action scenes are quite impossible in real life. Why would I even say that, it is a supernatural film. But the fighting scenes are detailed and well-executed. 

Oh, I should not forget to mention Maggie Q. She is really good in action films. Perfect for a female warrior. After her Naked Weapon film, she even more exemplifies in this genre. More movies Maggie!

Supernaturally fabricated, yet realistically acted. Though, it could have been a better screenplay.

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