Synopsis
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
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Cast
- Val KilmerSimon Templar
- Elisabeth ShueEmma Russell
- Rade ŠerbedžijaIvan Tretiak
- Henry GoodmanDr. Lev Botvin
- Alun ArmstrongInspector Teal
- Michael ByrneVereshagin
- Irina ApeksimovaFrankie
- Lev PrygunovGeneral Sklarov
- Charlotte CornwellInspector Rabineau
- Emily MortimerWoman on Plane
Recommendations
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Dallas Observer
The Saint exists almost entirely as a vehicle for Kilmer's quick-change smarty-pants swagger, and it's inconceivable without him. He's great fun to watch--a squirish master thief with a wide streak of lewdness. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Kilmer dons 12 disguises in all, polishes them with impeccable accents and pliable postures and gives a performance that's far and away the best aspect of the diverting The Saint. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
More entertaining than Mission: Impossible or the last Bond film, Goldeneye, it brings back the humour and sang-froid that makes the genre work. - 63
Rolling Stone
The Saint leaves star Val Kilmer and director Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games) fighting to enliven an exhausted character. - 60
Los Angeles Times
For the future, the Saint is such an unpleasant and predatory manipulator, it's difficult to root for romance. And when Kilmer's mightily convincing Ice King begins to melt, it's so out of character with what's gone before that its believability is touch and go. - 60
Empire
There's no lack of style or pace from Noyce, just the sense that it isn't quite gelling together. - 50
Slate
The film is too metronomically paced for Kilmer's routines to develop any rhythm. The direction by Phillip Noyce is fluid but impersonal. Endless studio tinkering seems to have dissolved its spine. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Val Kilmer is fun as the mercurial hero, and Elisabeth Shue would be great as the physicist if she didn't waste so much time making googoo-eyes at her handsome new boyfriend.
