Priest Blu-ray 3D (Blu-ray)

Priest Blu-ray 3DGenre: HorrorsLabel: Sony Pictures Home Ent.Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION In a post-apocalyptic world a savage war between man and vampire raged for centuries. A warrior priest (Paul Bettany) receives word of fresh attacks but now it`s personal his niece has been kidnapped by a new hive of merciless vampires. To save her he must break his vow of peace and hunt down the hive before it's too late. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel and packed with bloodthirsty action this full throttle crusade takes you on the hunt for a deadly new breed of killer. AMAZON REVIEW What's harder to kill than a vampire? The thriving vampire movie genre which reappears here in the form of Priest an entertaining mash-up of sci-fi horror and various westerns adapted from a graphic novel by Min-Woo Hyung and starring Paul Bettany (The Da Vinci Code Creation Iron Man etc.) in the title role. In Hyung's world (as depicted by screenwriter Cory Goodman and director Scott Charles Stewart) the future is a dystopian nightmare still reeling from centuries of conflict between humans and vast armies of slimy humanoid vampires; having been saved (or so we're told) by fierce and noble warrior priests people now live in a great grim city that makes the Los Angeles depicted in Bladerunner look like a vacation resort while the remaining vampires have been consigned to reservations in the desert. A few hardy souls subsist out in the barren wilderness as well and the fun starts when a gang of vamps attacks one family abducting pretty young Lucy (Lily Collins Phil's daughter) and killing her parents. The girl's sharpshooting boyfriend (Cam Gigandet) seeks out Bettany's retired Priest who's only too willing to defy the dire warnings of the arrogant clergymen who control the cities jump on his supercycle and head out to do battle with a foe that far from being defeated has been regrouping and now plans to--gasp!--lay waste to all mankind. A couple of twists involving central characters are eventually revealed but the best parts are the action sequences in the vampires' enormous hive aboard (and on top of) a speeding train and elsewhere as the Priest and a few of his cross-bearing (on their foreheads that is) comrades including action veteran Maggie Q try to stop the head vampire dude (basically a fanged version of Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name) and his ravenous minions. Considering the range of 21st-century vampire flicks from the arty Swedish import Let the Right One In to the romantic Twilight series there's plenty of room for a popcorn chewer like Priest. --Sam Graham