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Just got the chance to see this last night.

It's a fething terrible movie. Maybe a step above a sci-fi original (which I enjoy, oddly). The plot is so cliche that you'll see "the big reveal" coming from the beginning of the movie. The characters are disappointing caricatures. And the main character/Priest uses his Batman Voice throughout the whole movie.

I haven't read the graphic novel(s?), but the setting seems like it would be a great mix of post-apocolyptic and vampire horror stories and the scenery, costuming and action sequences were reasonably well done. But the story is rushed through with a terrible "This is what's happened" monologue at the beginning (which was unnecessary) and characters that were barely developed.

All in all, I'd give it a 3/10. Not quite bad enough to be campy, not quite good enough to be worth watching.

I watched it the other day myself.

I wasn't expecting an Oscar worthy performance or plot and I got what I came for. Still, it was a fun little movie to watch. I'm not sure what you were expecting from a post-apoc vampire movie.

I didn't find myself compelled to turn it off after all and that is more than I expected when I started the movie.

It was rolling on the floor laughing about it bad. So bad it made Dylan Dog seem awesome in comparison.

Disclaimer: I, also, have not read the comic book.

Yea it was pretty bad.

Grabzak Dirtyfighter wrote:I watched it the other day myself.

I wasn't expecting an Oscar worthy performance or plot and I got what I came for. Still, it was a fun little movie to watch. I'm not sure what you were expecting from a post-apoc vampire movie.

I didn't find myself compelled to turn it off after all and that is more than I expected when I started the movie.

I didn't turn it off, but it certainly wasn't what I had expected. There was way too much hand waving (possibly a symptom of a 1.5 hr movie).

Honestly, after the movie, I kind of felt robbed. I had sat through an hour and a half movie, but that time wasn't spent on character development, it wasn't a non-stop action movie, there wasn't much of a plot to speak of and the background had all been explained in the beginning narration.

daedalus wrote:
It was rolling on the floor laughing about it bad. So bad it made Dylan Dog seem awesome in comparison.

Laughing? There were a few amusing parts (basically anything to do with the sheriff), but I didn't think it was bad enough to classify as a "good bad movie". However, now you've piqued my interest and I need to find a copy of Dylan Dog.

Well, I mean, they followed every single classic action movie gimmick. My girlfriend and I were sitting on the couch watching it and it getting to the point that we were calling things out just before they happened. That was the funny part.

As far as Dylan Dog goes, I mean, it wasn't a GREAT movie, but it was really better than I expected it to be. I'd rate it at about Constantine levels of bad. Probably atrocious to anyone who had actually be initiated with the source material, but for a stand alone movie, not that bad.

daedalus wrote:As far as Dylan Dog goes, I mean, it wasn't a GREAT movie, but it was really better than I expected it to be. I'd rate it at about Constantine levels of bad. Probably atrocious to anyone who had actually be initiated with the source material, but for a stand alone movie, not that bad.

Since I actually enjoyed Constantine (the material was well suited to Keanu "Uh, what?" Reeves' acting style), I'm even more intrigued.

biccat wrote:

daedalus wrote:As far as Dylan Dog goes, I mean, it wasn't a GREAT movie, but it was really better than I expected it to be. I'd rate it at about Constantine levels of bad. Probably atrocious to anyone who had actually be initiated with the source material, but for a stand alone movie, not that bad.

Since I actually enjoyed Constantine (the material was well suited to Keanu "Uh, what?" Reeves' acting style), I'm even more intrigued.

I agree with Biccat.
Constantine wasn't that bad with Neo...

I wanted to like Constantine. It wasn't bad when I pretend it wasn't Constantine, but just another movie similar. I grew up on the Hellblazer comics, so I picture him being this blonde British guy who gets his ass handed to him regularly, only managing to come out on top when some greater, more horrible price is paid. Contrast that with Keanu Plank, and the difference is a bit much. Not a bad stand alone movie though.

daedalus wrote:I wanted to like Constantine. It wasn't bad when I pretend it wasn't Constantine, but just another movie similar. I grew up on the Hellblazer comics, so I picture him being this blonde British guy who gets his ass handed to him regularly, only managing to come out on top when some greater, more horrible price is paid. Contrast that with Keanu Plank, and the difference is a bit much. Not a bad stand alone movie though.

Keanu Reeves is the greatest actor of his, or possibly any generation

Bromsy wrote:

daedalus wrote:I wanted to like Constantine. It wasn't bad when I pretend it wasn't Constantine, but just another movie similar. I grew up on the Hellblazer comics, so I picture him being this blonde British guy who gets his ass handed to him regularly, only managing to come out on top when some greater, more horrible price is paid. Contrast that with Keanu Plank, and the difference is a bit much. Not a bad stand alone movie though.

Keanu Reeves is the greatest actor of his, or possibly any generation

Man needs a computer.
Can't add much more to that.
He conveys his intent like a master.

Okay, well, it's a well established fact that Johnny Mnemonic was the greatest movie of our time. Dolph Lundgren, Keanu Reeves, AND Ice-T in one movie?

We will never see the likes of such giants assembled together again. It was pretty much just one Dennis Quaid short of causing world peace and curing cancer.

I for one liked the movie, althou it wont win any prizes for best acting or anything like that. But then again, I also enjoy waching Uwe Boll movies

I thought it was a decent movie. I wouldnt say it sucked or was terrible. I enjoyed watching it, but yea if you look more into it then that, I could see it being a let down

The movie's got jack all to do with the manwha. There are no motorbikes, vampires.....latex wearing chinese people. Its set in the wild west, but isn't a post apocalyptic story (actually its only nearer the more recent volumes that people are beginning to realise that towns are disapearing), and is more about the Catholic church etc. Ivan's foes are fallen angels (not the ones that sided with Lucifer....the ones that fought him...yeah), and endless horde of zombies, an order of insane militant priests and....cowboys. Its a hell of a lot better writen than most comics (if you can stick through the first two volumes...which are more spaghetti western) and doesn't suffer from the anime art style of other asian series. Angels decapitating each other and munching on the entrails. Cowboys being torn apart by undead monsters weilding steam powered chainsaws. Circus folk being killed off by isolationist townsfolk, who are in turn massacred by the Vatican's secret service (with added crossbows). ...And err...zombies.... Lots of zombies. ^^

Trondheim wrote:But then again, I also enjoy waching Uwe Boll movies

Look at what you did, saying things like that...

Trondheim wrote:I for one liked the movie, althou it wont win any prizes for best acting or anything like that. But then again, I also enjoy waching Uwe Boll movies

You and I have diffrent opinions of what is and isn't gak... we must solve this with a boxing match.

Ma55ter_fett wrote:

Trondheim wrote:I for one liked the movie, althou it wont win any prizes for best acting or anything like that. But then again, I also enjoy waching Uwe Boll movies

You and I have diffrent opinions of what is and isn't gak... we must solve this with a boxing match.

Ma55ter_fett wrote:

Trondheim wrote:I for one liked the movie, althou it wont win any prizes for best acting or anything like that. But then again, I also enjoy waching Uwe Boll movies

You and I have diffrent opinions of what is and isn't gak... we must solve this with a boxing match.

Fine. I love watching Uwe Boll movies. Time to fight!

"Enjoy" I can barely get.

"Love"?!

How could you Chowder? It's Uwe Bolle!

Exactly. I love watching Uwe Boll movies.

Whist drunk and with a bunch of friends. I would never sit through that gak sober.

Oh that's fine then. That is what I do, makes films very fun.

Are you old enough to be drunk?

Maybe

This movie was bad.

However, I was intrigued at the city very much. It seemed incredibly disturbing (the prospect of basically an entire city being run by a Pope, and going against them would be HERESY and be prosecuted) but very interesting.

Yeah, it was a pretty mindless action movie. That said, I really dug the opening credits, and I thought they did a great job with the city (as noted above), portraying a really cool setting that was sadly underutilized in favor of.... desert!

I liked the concept, and the future-western thing.. but the movie was just ok..

Was it just me or did it seem like the Vampires were changed at the last minute from the normal "humanoid" vampires, into the eyeless mutant/beasts as portrayed in the movies... I never red the graphic novel... but it comes off as a change made after the principal shooting had begun.

They seemed like an afterthought to me. Completely unrelatable, unable to vocalize, devoid of any humanlike traits that would describe them as "a tribe"

Think back to the discussion the Sheriff and the Priest had before they went onto the reservation.

The Sheriff talked about the vampires as "A fallen tribe" and discussed them being drug users and criminals...

Not how one in the know would describe the animals the vampires were protrayed as.

Poor story arcing,,, but it was visually appealing to watch (Save for the "Instant Nightfall.")

I, too, love watching Uwe Boll movies. Please note, I said I love watching them, I did not say they are good.


With the exception of Postal, I have seen each of his movies in the theater. The only reason I didn't see Postal in theaters is because it didn't exactly get a very wide release.

Ironically, Postal is probably his best movie. If you've ever played Postal or Postal 2, you'll realize that the movie is completely, 100% in the spirit of the games.

I can watch a schlocky, by the numbers genre piece. Hey, it's even better if it's a genre mash up like Priest looks to be.

I even saw Legion, Paul Bettany's last dive into slummy territory, with the same directory as Priest. It was crap, not because it was stupid, or lacking characters, or being derivative, all those things are fine. Nah, Legion was crap because it was boring. But even if it wasn't crap, I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it that much because Paul Bettany can act. Put Keanu Reeves in the lead, or Schwarzenegger or any of the oddball collection of hollywood stars who are famous and often enjoyable to watch despite being completely incapable of acting, then it might have worked.

Or maybe you could throw one of the very rare collection of actors who can switch between acting and schlocky b-stuff, like Samuel L Jackson.

So, between the idea of watching Paul Bettany struggle to hold our interest when we all know he should be off doing good movies, and watching a guy mediocre enough to sleepwalk Legion onto the screen, I think I'll keep well clear of Priest.

daedalus wrote:Okay, well, it's a well established fact that Johnny Mnemonic was the greatest movie of our time. Dolph Lundgren, Keanu Reeves, AND Ice-T in one movie?

Dolph was brilliant in that tank of water.