London, Aug. 6 -- British actor Craig Russell is set to star in the upcoming action thriller 'The Priest', which has completed filming on location in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Will Saunders, with Russell playing a former operative hiding behind a priest's collar, according to Variety.

The actor portrays a parish priest whose violent past resurfaces when a woman from his old life arrives at his confessional, forcing him to confront the life he thought he had left behind, according to Variety.

As a local crime lord tightens his grip on the town, the priest is drawn back into the violence he once escaped.

Luca Matteo Zizarri plays Vale, the crime boss controlling the town, while Imogen Macke...