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Somewhen in an alternative future, decades after the vampire war: All the vampires now live in reservations where they can't harm humans, while most of the humans live in walled in cities under the control of the church. There are however some outposts where farmers like Owen Pace (Stephen Moyer) and his wife Shannon (Mädchen Amick) try their luck - but then their farm is overrun by vampires and the two of them are killed, their daughter Lucy (Lily Collins) is taken captive. Black Hat (Karl Urban), leader of the vampires, however sees to it that no harm is done to the girl.

Lucy's boyfriend Hicks (Cam Gigandet) takes it upon himself to go to the city to track down the brother of Owen, a priest (Paul Bettany), to help him free Lucy - and priests in this realm mean especially efficient vampire killers with knowledge in martial arts, special weaponry and everything. However, these days the curch led by Monignor Orelas (Christopher Plummer) strongly opposes priests leaving the city and going vampire hunting on their own, as it would undermine the church's authority or something. But the Priest decides to free his niece anyhow, which means the church sends a quartet of priests - but three of them end up crucified by the vampires as a warning, while the fourth, the Priestess (Maggie Q) decides to team up with the Priest and Hicks. On their quest to find Lucy, the three of them stumble upon the outpost that has apparently been completely overrun by vampires who haven't left a single soul alive, they sneak into a big vampire hive, that for some reason turns out to be unoccupied, and they manage to find out what the vampires have planned, to send a freight train loaded with vampires into a human city and then conquer it from within. So they have to stop the train while being grossly outnumbered, and what's worse, Black Hat turns out a former ally of the Priest gone rogue, which means he doesn't only know all the tricks of priesthood, he also can withstand daylight, and he has all the vampire skills at his disposal as well, thus proves to be a foe almost impossible to beat ...

Now one thing, Priest looks amazing, and not so much due to its special effects (some of which are wobbly) but due to its great set designs and costumes that blend science fiction with action iconography to great effect, and the camerawork only complements this artistic decision, being closer to classic and spaghetti westerns than anything else. And yet, the film isn't really all that good: For one, too much is stuffed into its less than 90 minutes of running time, so several things are left under-explained, some details don't make sense or are quite simply silly - but most of all, none of the characters seems to go above the strictly two-dimensional, there's no such thing as character depth, it's just heroes and villains, and none of the heroes seem to have a profile at all. So basically, this is a film that's beautiful to look at, especially if you're into both westerns and sci-fi, but you better turn off your brain while watching.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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