New trailer for Priest 3D, starring Paul Bettany, online now!

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 16 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

I’m not really sure what to make of PRIEST at the moment. I’ve been burned plenty of times before by movies that look like this; in fact it reminds me a lot of DAYBREAKERS, and even JONAH HEX a little… Plus, god how I hate CG vampires. Did we learn nothing from I AM LEGEND?!

And yet… I’m on the verge of saying it looks pretty decent. Watchable, if nothing else. Paul Bettany certainly appears to be bad-ass, and I think I’d follow Karl Urban into hell. The director worked with Bettany already on LEGION, and while that didn’t pan out too well, this is much more epic in scope, and certainly more visually arresting. Plus, we can always hope people learn from their mistakes… We’ll have to wait until next summer to find out for sure.

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Starring Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins, Brad Dourif, Stephen Moyer, and Christopher Plummer, PRIEST goes like this: Priest is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. Paul Bettany is Priest, a legendary warrior priest during the last Vampire War, who now lives in obscurity among the other human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities controlled by the Church. But when his 18-year-old niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires in the desolate wastelands outside, Priest breaks his sacred vows and ventures out to find her and seek vengeance upon those responsible, especially their brutal leader (Karl Urban). Priest is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend, Hicks (Cam Gigandet), a local outpost sheriff, and Priestess (Maggie Q), a member of his former legion of vampire-killers who has otherworldly fighting skills.

For more PRIEST goodies, head on over to our PRIEST VIDEO SECTION. The flick opens in May of 2011.

Maggie Q

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