| The Saint Review |
| by Nick Schaden |
| After watching both "Mission Impossible" and "The Saint" the
similarities are striking. Both are Paramount films, both are
action/adventure/thriller movies, both have an overrated sex symbol as the
main character, both were taken from TV to the movie...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Seth Bookey |
| On the television series of the same name, Roger Moore and Ian Ogilvy
played the Saint as a Robin Hood via James Bond. Not so in the latest,
cinematic version, where Simon Templar (Hollywood bete noire Val
Kilmer) uses his human fly and...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Chad Polenz |
| Chad'z rating: ** (out of 4 = fair)
1997, PG-13, 116 minutes [1 hour, 56 minutes]
[thriller/action]
starring: Val Kilmer (Simon Templar), Elisabeth Shue (Dr. Emma Russell), Rude
Sebedzija (Ivan Tretiak), Valeri Nikolayev (Ilya Tretiak), written...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Jun Yan |
| I have not seen such an idiotic screenplay for quite a while and
therefore had a hard time adjusting to it in the first half of this movie.
What puzzles me most is that so much money was put in this totally
brainless thing, why couldn't they have...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Adam Joyce |
| Based on the 1960's TV series of the same name, but very different from it,
comes "The Saint". The storyline is typical of the action/spy genre. The
lead character, Simon Templar (Val Kilmer) is essentially an executive
criminal and impersonator. He...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Perry Mercer |
| It is safe to say that when all else fails, the simple thing to do is
go back to those days of yesteryear where a good concept for a movie
means invading the vastlands of television graveyards. The latest (and
certainly not the last) big screen adaption...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Ben Hoffman |
| When director Noyce undertook (sic!) this version of THE SAINT, he
asked the writers, Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick, to include
something about Simon Templar's early life, how he changed from a
sinner to a saint, something the original writer of...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Joshua McAdams |
| THE SAINT
A film review by Joshua McAdams
Copyright 1997 Joshua McAdams more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Michael Redman |
| THE SAINT
A film review by Michael Redman
Copyright 1997 Michael Redman more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Michael J. Legeros |
| THE SAINT
A film review by Michael John Legeros
Copyright 1997 Michael John Legeros more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Marty Mapes |
| One is that it has Val Kilmer. Another is that it has Elisabeth Shue.
Another is that not much else opened this week that's likely to be any
better, judging from current reviews. more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Welcome to the rat race - Russian style. Filthy rich members of
the Russian Mafia are dressed in black. With their hookers at their
side, they are betting on rats running in tubes. On the tables are
silver trays with stacks of U.S. hundred dollar...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| Simon Templar (Val Kilmer) is a man with a thousand faces in the movie
/The Saint/. Templar is a well-paid thief who is now employed by Ivan
Tretiak (Rade Serbedzija), an oil magnate who wants to take over
Russia. As Templar reaches what he thinks will...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by David Landers |
| RATING: *** out of **** - 7.5 out of 10.0
CAST: Val Kilmer (Simon Templar), Elisabeth Shue (Emma Russell), Rade
Serbedzija (Ivan Tretiak), Irina Apeximova (Frankie), Valeri Nikolayev
(Ilya), Lucija Serbedzija (Sofiya)
CERTIFICATION: PG-13 (USA) for...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| Val Kilmer has an alleged reputation of being difficult to work with. On the
set of 'The Doors' (1991) reports circulated that he didn't want anyone to
talk to him as he was getting in character to play Jim Morrison. Recently,
on the set of one of his...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| THE SAINT
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 1997 Christopher Null more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| THE SAINT
A film review by Michael Dequina
Copyright 1997 Michael Dequina more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Welcome to the rat race - Russian style. Filthy rich members of
the Russian Mafia are dressed in black. With their hookers at their
side, they are betting on rats running in tubes. On the tables are
silver trays with stacks of U.S. hundred dollar...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| (Paramount/Rysher)
Starring: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rabe Serbedzija, Valery Nikolaev.
Screenplay: Jonathan Hensleigh, Wesley Strick.
Producers: David Brown, Robert Evans, William J. MacDonald, Mace Neufeld.
Director: Phillip Noyce.
MPAA Rating:...more |
| The Saint Review |
| by James Berardinelli |
| THE SAINT
A film review by James Berardinelli
Copyright 1997 James Berardinelli more |
