When you need a Biblically themed action thriller, Paul Bettanty seems to be your guy. After last year’s flop Legion, Bettany is back as a priest waging a one man war against vampires in the aptly-named Priest.
Based on the Korean comic of the same name by Min-Woo Hyung, Priest takes us into in an alternate world where humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. a veteran Warrior Priest (Bettany) lives in obscurity with other humans, protected by the Church, until his niece (Lily Collins) is kidnapped by vampires. Breaking his vows to hunt them down, he is accompanied by the niece’s boyfriend (Cam Gigandet) and a former Warrior Priestess (Maggie Q).
Priest is scheduled to be released on May 13, 2011
