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This film has a simple intricate plot. This is a loose film adaptation from a Korean comic series Priest, or Manhwa, originally created by Hyung Min-woo. It follows the story of Priest, portrayed by Paul Bettany, who was once a man called to help the Catholic cause. For centuries mankind had fought against a massive horde of vampires, and even with the sunlight millions of humans perished in the war. In the end the church built protected cities for the remaining human population to survive. Years later, to better fight the war the Catholic church made warriors who were forced to sacrifice everything for this war. They managed to destroy most all of the vampires, and their hives, but the warriors were forced to rejoin society as normal citizens who must obey the church. This is a unique film that has the more animalistic version of vampires-another words, not Twilight! They are eyeless, soulless, beasts that tear humans apart. There is some gore in this film, but its not overplayed. Religious persons probably won't enjoy the idea's that can become associated with this 87 minute film. It's a very fast paced action science fiction horror-thriller film. There is some basic story, but its kept to a minimum. Some things aren't fully explained, but can easily be figured out if you pay attention. Familiars (I'm not a 100% on this but from what I gathered) are humans who became infected, either by choice or by force, with the vampire venom. This is the start of their mutation into vampirism. If vampires had venom it wasn't really explained-it's my assumption-as is the idea of what a Familiar actually is. I can't say how loyal it is to the comics-I can only go off of what I heard. Paul Bettany does a good job in this role, but I think he could've gone a bit more with it. For some reason I found it hard to relate with his emotions. However, he is awesome in the fighting sequences-which is most of the film anyway. Karl Urban, portraying the role of Black Hat (guy), does a great job as a villain. He is kind of a sly sinner type which works for this film. Cam Gigandet is a great supporting actor in the role of Hicks. He's really beginning to establish his career quite rapidly in Hollywood. He really pulls out the emotion from Bettany even if he it isn't much. Maggie Q is rather interesting. She only has one real fight scene, and in it she's pretty bad-ass. I really loved her character's weapon choice-it's sexy. She does a good job in this role-oddly, I felt more emotion from her than I did from Bettany. I don't know how other audience's feel about it. I was surprised to see Brad Dourif in this film. I think this film was a little too rushed, and could've been explored more in depth.
I give this film a 7 out of 10 stars! It had a really good basis, good action, but it was too rushed. Aesthetically it's kewl, but some of the emotion was lost.
Answer to last blog: Cesar Millan made a special guest appearance in the film The Back-Up Plan.
Que: What popular horror icon is Brad Dourif famous for?
Freddy Krueger
Leprechaun
Chucky
Candyman
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