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Synopsis: PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world -- one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece's boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.
Director(s): Scott Stewart
Production: Screen Gems/SONY PICTURES
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
15%
PG-13
Year:
2011
87 min
$29,100,000
Website
1,133 Views


It's been hard for all these years.

Can't see the others, no talking.

Sector 7 was the only

place I could find work.

Waste management.

No one would hire "A girl who kills".

I heard that.

I didn't come here to bring you back.

I came here to warn you.

There are nights. When I wake up ...

I think I'm back on the red mines.

I'm sweating, I clench,

like I'm ready for something.

At those nights I go back to sleep.

I have bad dreams.

Me too.

The other nights, the good nights ...

I dream about other things.

- Why doesn't it look like the rest of the hive?

- This section here, they must have realtered.

Oh my God.

They bread a new army.

Where did they all go?

Only one way out.

Are priests allowed relations?

- We take a vow of celibacy.

- You mean, you never...

I was a young girl when

the Clergy found me.

What about him?

His talents developed better.

He was you age when the Clergy came for him.

Therefore, his sacrifice

is bigger than most.

The air is changing.

Well there's you answer.

They dug right through the mountain and ...

Made a hole big enough to fit

a whole army through.

What town is that?

It's Jericho.

Where'd you say the others went?

What the hell?

Hello ?!

Hello!

Is anybody there?

Let's begin.

I don't see anything.

Brothers. You have a choice.

You can follow in my footsteps,

or you can follow in his.

We're too late.

We seperate, go for each building,

and see what we can find.

There's nobody left, no soul.

Too many mouths to feed.

Killing three priests? What kind of

vampire can do something like that?

Nothing we've ever seen before.

How could they clean an entire town

over night, and vanish by sunrise?

There are no hives around

here, no reservations.

- Where does this rail line go?

- It's an old mining line.

It starts at Dunker,

passing through Augustine.

- Jericho is the last stop before...

- The cities.

If they reach cities it

would be suicide, right?

- The sun will kill them.

- There is no sun in the cities.

Not anymore.

Without us, they're defensless.

- I'm responsible.

- No, this was sistematic.

Whoevet took Lucy, knew

you'd come for her ...

and we'd come for you.

They're drawing us out.

They must have picked up different factions

during the day, and through the night.

- It's going to be a massacre.

- It's going to be a war.

Train carrying an army of vampires?

What chance do we have

stopping something like that?

I'll take the train and blow the line.

You two get aboard and find Lucy.

I'll start charging the bikes.

It's gonna take everything we have ...

to stop the train before

it reaches the cities.

You must be starving.

You haven't eaten in days.

Have you ever had a real roast duck?

It's very rare, real exotic.

- Of course not.

- Try it, you'll never have better.

- What do you want?

- I want the same things that you want.

I want to be free from a life

of suffering and sacrifice.

To no longer be told to your

every desire as a sin.

And after all, if you're not

commiting sin, you're nor having fun.

What are you?

The Church teaches us that the eyes

are the window to the soul ...

and since the vampire are evolved

without eyes, it is a soulles creature ...

that should be eradicated.

And I feel the soul of a vampire.

And let me tell you ...

it's far more pure than any man.

Now you ask what I am.

I am the bringer of the guy ...

I am to bring a clean wash

to this unclean world.

And you and your priest ...

will help me do it.

He's gonna kill her.

If she's infected.

She talked about him.

Said she never known him.

She wanted to.

What kind of man would kill

his own flesh and blood?

If she becomes a follower,

she's no ones flesh and blood.

Not anymore.

Held on to it, all there years.

To remind me what they've

stripped away from us.

Honor, abilities, faith...

Today I want you to remember, that our

power doesn't come from the Church ...

it comes from God.

With or without clergy,

we're still priests.

I can't.

When I heard what happened to Shannon ...

I prayed for her salvation.

And then I prayed for mine.

Because of the darkness in their heart.

I hoped her death would free you at last.

- Tell me you won't kill her.

- Hicks, don't do this.

Tell me, or I'll shoot you in your place.

It's easier to face you bullet here

than face the thing what's up ahead.

Why do you even care?

She's nothing but a stranger to you.

She's his daughter.

- She was just a baby when the clergy took me.

- You're lying, I knew Owen.

The child needed a father.

We all made sacrifices.

Hicks.

If you do this, you will

find not what you seek.

We won't stop the train, and

we won't be able to save them.

You are safe.

We will end this together.

When the train comes, blow the tracks

and get out of there !!

What if you're still on the train ?!

Good luck.

Focus!

Holy sh*t.

Hello my friend.

- You fell!

- To let go!

In the depths of that hive, I touched

the threshold of life and death.

And do you know what I found?

The queen might come to kill,

but she gave me mercy.

She turned me into something that

never existed in this world.

A human vampire.

Join me, accept the blood of the queen.

Together we can return to the cities ...

as brothers.

- Where is my daughter?

- Waiting for your decision.

You can't win.

I'm stronger now than you ever were.

This is your last chance Priest.

The queens hands can not be denied.

Mankind will find no

hideout of what's coming.

Join me, and your life of

sacrifice will be over.

Never.

Hicks!

Lucy!

- F***.

- Did you find her?

I couldn't get closer.

They took her to the front.

- You would have made a good priest.

- Thanks.

Don't let it go over your head.

Stop it !!

No Lucy!

Very good, fast.

Just like your father.

He never told you?

Burn.

At this time of need, give me strength.

You are my refuge and strength ...

I do not fear for you or with me.

I won't let you go !!

You faith has failed you!

No!

For the life of the flesh is in the blood.

And I have given you upon the altar ...

for the giving of your soul.

How dare you come to this holy place?

The man who defied the Church,

for his own selfish crusade ?!

Inside the burning train just

behind the city walls ...

you'll find hundreds more like it.

- And their queen was not among them.

- LIES !!

This man is a charlatan.

A risk to the security of cities.

There is no vampire manace!

- The war is over, priest!

- No.

It's just beginning.

I'll notify the others. We'll meet you

at the rally point at City 7.

Good luck.

... EN1S...

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