The trailer for the continually pushed-back, 3D-converted vampire horror film “Priest” has arrived and it looks like director Scott Charles Scott (“Legion”) has ticked every box on the “Making A Cliché Genre Film” list.
The plot, which basically mirrors “Drive Angry 3D” with vampires instead of the devil, follows a priest (Paul Bettany) who must rescue his niece when she is kidnapped by vampires. Her boyfriend and sheriff (Cam Gigandet) and a priestess (Maggie Q) came long for the ride. So what can you expect to see? A future world that looks like a dull mashup of “Dune,” “Daybreakers” and “Resident Evil: Extinction.” A stock shot of a pupil dilating. A monster jumping at you, which you’ve probably see before in about a dozen other trailers. Some people flipping around and wielding crucifixes like ninja stars. That now-standard shot of two people jumping in midair, in slow motion towards each other, as a battle is about start. In short, this thing looks awful and boring.
If you are someone still lured by this, the film arrives on May 13, 2011 which is now apparently “summer.”