As I was driving to this preview last night, I saw this huge billboard saying something along the lines of "Jesus Christ is coming May 21st... the Bible guarantees it! Will you be ready?" Well, I'm hoping to, having the house painted this weekend...Priests and vampires have fought for centuries, with the Priests finally winning the war over the vampires, and are now being driven into hiding. The Veteran Priest (played by Paul Bettany) is now living inside the walled city of the Church, where daylight is never seen. One day, the Priest hears that there is reported vampire activity, with Black Hat (leader of the vampires, played by Karl Urban) kidnapping the Priest's daughter. The Priest goes to the Church for help, but the Church refuses to acknowledge that vampires still exist, so the Priest goes into exile to rescue his kidnapped daughter, in defiance of the church.
There really isn't much of a plot. There is nothing original or exciting about the fight scenes, and you know going in, that there will be a sequel. It's barely interesting enough to warrant a view on HBO or a DVD rental. And like Thor, there is absolutely no reason for this to be released in 3-D. If I hadn't seen this for free, I wouldn't have liked this movie at all.
With the world ending after next week after the Second Coming, you can do better than wasting money on this one. I have it on good authority that your soul won't be saved by watching this. At 87 minutes, it's an hour and a half too long.
I'm giving this one half an "Our Father" and a third of a "Hail Mary". You can pray all you want to, but I ain't changing my mind.
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