Karl Urban is back in a film that now costs nothing to watch. Priest is streaming free on Tubi, but only until the end of August.
That window makes the 2011 release a short-term pickup for viewers who missed it the first time or want to revisit Urban as Black Hat. For a title that grossed $78.3 million against a $60 million production budget, the free run is a fresh chance to reach viewers on different terms than its theatrical release.
Paul Bettany Leads Priest
Priest arrived in 2011 as an adaptation of Hyung Min-woo's manhwa of the same name, with Paul Bettany leading the cast as Priest and Urban playing Black Hat. Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins, Stephen Moyer, and Christopher Plummer also appear, giving the film a wider ensemble than its headline credit suggests.
The film’s 16% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes explains why it never turned its release into a clean critical win. It was not a breakout box-office hit either, yet the audience side of the story has been more forgiving over time, which is why a free streaming window can still matter more than the original reviews did.
15 Years Later on Tubi
Priest is now 15 years removed from its release and fits the kind of second-life viewing that tends to reward genre titles with clear visual style. Urban has spent years moving across genre work, from Éomer in Lord of the Rings to Dr. Bones McCoy in Star Trek and Billy Butcher in The Boys, so Priest arrives with built-in recognition even without a re-release campaign.
Tubi also carries Ghost Ship, which keeps Priest inside a small lane of older genre titles that can still draw attention when the price is zero. The practical move for viewers is simple: watch now if you want it free, because the window closes at the end of August and the film goes back behind the limit after that.
For Urban, the free run is less about rediscovery than availability. Priest is the kind of title that can look sharper in a streaming queue than it did in theaters, and this brief Tubi window gives it one more shot to be judged on its visuals instead of its 16% score.
