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In the years following the end of the war, the remaining vampires have been herded onto guarded reservations, while the priests have disappeared into obscurity, attempting to re-integrate into a society that really has no place for them. However, rumors still persist that the vampire menace has not been completely eradicated, despite the Church's attempts to quash them. And when one retired priest hears word that his niece has been kidnapped in a vampire raid, he will do whatever it takes to get her back, even if it means defying the will of the all-powerful Church....
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* [[After the End]]: As mentioned above, the world outside Cathedral City is a blasted wasteland, where [[Determined Homesteader|Determined Homesteaders]] try to scratch out a meager living from the ruined earth. The occasional raids by rabid packs of vampires don't help, and neither do the Church's attempts to deny that such things even happen anymore.
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* [[Combat Stilettos]]: The Priestess fights in boots with a solid three-inch heel on them.
* [[Confusion Fu]]: Vampires bounce around in a bizarre and unpredictable manner when they move, making it difficult for anyone without specialized training to get a solid hit on one.
* [[Cool Train]]: Black Hat and his army of vampires ride around on one. Its design may be a [[Shout
* [[Corrupt Church]]
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: {{spoiler|In the final duel between the Priest and Black Hat, the Priest is ''clearly'' outmatched. The only times he manages to get in anything even ''resembling'' a solid hit is when he catches Black Hat by surprise, and this provides at most a brief respite before the pummeling resumes.}}
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* [[Dissonant Serenity]] / [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Black Hat 'conducts' the music playing on a gramaphone record while vampires tear apart the people of Jericho.
* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: Priests eschew firearms in their fight against the vampires, preferring various forms of bladed weaponry instead (both melee and thrown). Why this is the case is never really made clear in the film, though it probably has something to do with how the priests' ill-defined vampire-slaying powers work.
* [[Doing
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Priest and the Priestess.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Black Hat.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|The priest who would eventually become Black Hat.}}
* [[Facial Markings]]: All priests are marked by a crucifix branded/tattooed in the center of their face.
* [[Fan Service]]: The way-too-brief shot of a shirtless Paul Bettany.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: A scene between Black Hat and Lucy is lifted directly from [[Pirates of the Caribbean|the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie]]
* [[Giant Mook]]: The vampire hive guardian.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: It ''looks'' like the Priestess is going to do this to destroy the vampire train. {{spoiler|Turns out that she has the bike on auto-pilot and jumps off at the last second.}}
* [[Hero
* [[Hey,
** Alternately, Priest is [[Legion|Michael]], Black Hat is [[Star Trek (
*** Also, Owen and Hicks both have their own experiences with vampires. Owen is Bill from True Blood and Hicks is James from Twilight.
* [[In Name Only]]: Apparently, the reason the adaptation was so loose was because director Scott Stewart was afraid people would accuse him of ripping off his previous film, ''[[Legion]]'', which is also religious in nature, features sci-fi battles involving angels, and stars Paul Bettany.
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* [[Kid Sidekick]]: Sheriff Hicks. He's a bit older than most examples, but still significantly younger than the Priest.
* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: Bloody chunks rain down on the Priestess as she stands in a post-asskicking stance after slicing up a biker in mid-air.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|As it turns out, the Priest isn't Lucy's uncle after all. He fathered her with Shannon before being collected by the Church, and asked his brother Owen to play the part so that she'd have a father growing up.}}
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Played both ways as most priests get their powers at a young age and thus are taken in and raised by the Church, but some are late bloomers power-wise. All priests take a vow of celibacy, so the question is how old was said priest when he/she was found.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Black Hat takes his sobriquet from the snazzy black cowboy hat he wears. {{spoiler|It's [[Never Found the Body|implied]] to be all that's left of him following the train explosion at the climax of the movie.}}
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* [[Oh Crap]]: The Priest throws his shuriken-crosses at the Hive Guardian...and it doesn't die. Also the expression on the two other priests after Black Hat takes down the first priest in Jericho.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: They're pale, slimy, eyeless humanoids that look like a cross between a naked mole rat and a Licker from ''[[Resident Evil]]''. Their social structure also resembles that of naked mole rats or bees.
** Also, they're a totally separate species from humans, with their bites only turning humans into the ghoul-like Familiars. {{spoiler|Unless, like Black Hat, you're fed a queen's blood, in which case you become a hybrid "[[Half
* [[Person
* [[Punk Punk]]: Cathedral City is a [[Cyberpunk]] [[Dystopia]], while the wastelands have a distinct [[Desert Punk]] aesthetic, invoking the [[Wild West]] setting of the original ''manhwa''.
* [[The Renfield]]: Familiars are ordinary humans who have been tainted by a vampire's bite. All the ones we see seem possessed of this mindset, though whether it's a side-effect of the conversion process or whether they've always been like that isn't made clear.
* [[Rewarded
* [[Sequel Hook]]: {{spoiler|At the end of the film, the Priest points out to the assembled congregation that the ruined train contains the bodies of hundreds of vampires -- ''and that their queen isn't among them''. Later, the Priestess more or less states outright that the surviving priests will be gathering to continue the war, with or without the Church's help.}}
* [[Sexy Priest]]: What did you expect with hot actors like Paul Bettany and Maggie Q?
* [[Shell
* [[Shoot the Dog]]: The Priest knows fully well that Lucy may have been turned into a familiar by the vampires, and is prepared to end her suffering if that's the case. Hicks seems to have some trouble wrapping his head around this concept.
* [[Snake Oil Salesman]]: An obvious nod to this trope is the man trying to sell a potion that will ward off vampires...until the sheriff shoots the bottle out of his hand.
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* [[The Unfought]]: {{spoiler|The vampire queen--or ''a'' vampire queen--is briefly glimpsed in Black Hat's flashback, but is still around and a major threat by the end.}}
* [[Warrior Monk]]: Every priest.
* [[
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Priests are superhuman warriors specially trained to kill vampires. Black Hat demonstrates his personal prowess by taking down ''three'' of them by himself ([[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|two of them offscreen]]).
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