The Saint (DVD)

...who had never heard of The Saint before this film was released? If you raised your hand, well, you're either too young to remember (or were born after the original series) or you were living in a parallel universe during the 60s/70s! The original series starred Roger Moore and then Ian Ogilvy as the charming Simon Templar a.k.a. The Saint… ~*~ CAST AND CREW ~*~ The Saint was released in 1997 and starred Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, ...
...Robert Evans, the story and screenplay are by Jonathan Hensleigh and it was directed by Phillip Noyce. The film is rated PG-13 and lasts for just under 2 hours. ~*~ PLOT TEASER ~*~ The film starts off in a catholic orphanage in the Far East where a priest is cruelly trying to make a young boy to say his name is John Rossi (a Saint) and the boy refuses to yield even after getting a good caning. The priest punishes all of the children by withholding ...

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...Well, Val Kilmer plays the orphaned child who decides to become an adventurer, donning different disguises as he goes on his merry adventures. Such as? All of his noms des guerres are names of saints you see. He also is a bit of a dab hand with the makeup and the accents. What's his game? He wants to make $50 million and to this end takes on a variety of 'jobs' at high cost to reach his goal. In the process he manages to offend a Russian mafiosi. ...
...him a contract to steal the secrets of nuclear fusion from .... Elizabeth Shue who plays a shy professor. Bet she falls in love with the hero? How did you know that? Have you seen it? Anyway, she does but she gets a bit peeved and has him arrested. Temper, temper. They do eventuallly hatch a plot to cause the downfall of the bad guy and save the democratic president of Russia (who is under threat from the bad guy) and give nuclear fusion to the ...

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This film version of the original 60's series with Roger Moor as the unforgettable saint, revamped it for the newer audience. Van Kilmer was the obvious choice with his bold stature and impressive good looks. The film kept me in my seat with tension surrounding the characters constantly, with their strive to succeed. The action sequences lacked the special effects often seen in such films, however it still maintained the ability to impress. There ...

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...line and actors/actresses. write from the beginning its breathe taking with a dramatic plot. Val Kilmer was a good choice of actor he pulled of all saints superbley and his disguises and voice changes just completes the film. With it mostly being set in cooler countries you dont get to see the super hero runnig around sweating bukets wearing nothing but shorts and his gun, which i must say is a massive bonus to the film. with a believable story and ...

The_man_who_sold_the_world 08.02.2001 · Read full review
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The Saint, although not all that well-received in its cinema debut, is a good effort at making the classic character and TV star of old into a decent 1990s film. Val Kilmer is more than useful in a difficult to take on title role, and the story is well updated into the present day. Elizabeth Shue is the beautiful co-star who is a genius who has an outline for cold fusion to be developed and her dream is to market it to help the world. However, unsurprisingly, ...

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Just the other night I caught "The Saint" on television, and I was rapt. Aside from the movies ride through Russia, and the ingenious escape methods of Val Kilmer's character, Simon Templar, a theif with interesting disguises and gadgets, it is the love story that has taken me. Elisabeth Shue's character makes your heart ache: someone so beautiful to be so alone and in search for the magic of love. The chemistry between Kilmer and Shue is absolutely ...
...that have shot it to the dirt? Why listen to critics anyway? What exactly do they expect? This is a movie where you have to see the beauty and the fun that it displays, and understand the purity and magnificence of true, spirited love. Critics can dog this movie all they want, where it's action may not excite the "Armageddon" fans, and it's suspense may not grip the "Scream" fans, the excellence of this movie is left for those who can relate to it. ...

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The saint is a movie that comes from the popular tv series that use to star Rodger Moore,Val kilmer replaces him as a top spy who is a master of disguise and suceeds buy convincingly changing his appearence,in this film we find him on a new job to swipe intelligence for the russians,unfortunaley the job becomes harder when the proffesseur turns out to be the lovely Dr emma russell (Elizabeth shue). The film is action packed and although you usually ...
...a good afternoon movie but probably not one for the collection,it has a good soundtrack and manages to breathe some new life into a old series ,definatley recomended for a ew hours entertainment 111 minutes long and i managed to find it for £1.67 on amazon great deal:) ...

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...beloved Anna gets killed by the monastry's guard dogs during their secret kiss. As a grown-up, Simon, becomes a professional thief working for anybody who offers good money. In a task to steal cold fusion formulas from a handsome young Oxford chemistry student, Emma Russel, our thief starts doubting his task as he becomes madly in love with this intelligent young lady. Very impressing are the many different characters Val Kilmer plays as a tactic ...
...German version (hi-la-rious), but the Spanish casanova version was excellent as well. After seeing the movie I immediately got the soundtrack which was also fa-bu-lous! The music for this movie has been carefully picked out leaving us with a very original soundtrack indeed. So get ready for some good shivers, laughs and heartbeats, because one thing is for sure in this movie: things never go as planned! ...

Ibeke 14.08.2004 · Read full review
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...playes Simon Templer who becomes the saint when hes older and works for people who are willing to pay alot of money so that he can steel something they want . A former leader whos dunered into a rich man hires Templer to steel the results of cold fusion of a young women calles Emma Russel. Half way down the line Templer falls for the young women and once he has stolen the cold fusion off her he leaves. but comes back when she finds out what he was ...
...cold fusion to the russian and soon both ,Templer and Emma are on the run in the cold weather of russia. Templer and Emma hide for a while the Emma gets away and the two become seperated Templer gets captured then gets away. This film is well played out the music the acting every thing to a detail.Simon templers apperenced are geat and somewhat funny especiall when he is sitting right near the police that want to arrest him.I wont give the ending ...

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