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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:13
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Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: The Saint is watchable thanks to Kilmer and Shue, but the muddled screenplay stretches credulity.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Simon Templar (Val Kilmer), AKA The Saint, realizes his skill for trickery during his childhood in a Far East orphanage. He uses his natural born gifts, including a penchant for bizarre and... [More]
Starring: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Valeri Nikolayev
Director: Phillip Noyce
Kilmer slips in and out of a series of ludicrously elaborate disguises, some more convincing than others, while poor Shue shuffles through the role of a sexy, book-reading babe pretending to be a dowdy lady scientist in kneesocks.
A generic suspenser that doesn't taste bad at first bite but becomes increasingly hard to swallow.
Top CriticThere's no lack of style or pace from Noyce, just the sense that it isn't quite gelling together.
The glossy photography is stunning and Kilmer's implausible accents are fun.
This insufferable romance-adventure includes vague comedy as well as unintentional humor, and its target audience seems to be preadolescents who won't notice the calculated enthusiasm with which it sidesteps sexuality.
Top CriticThere was enough in the movie for me to watch and somewhat enjoy it the whole way through.
Eminently forgettable.
What could have been a cool concept movie buckles under an uninspired script and some treacherous miscasting.
Kilmer should have stuck with his Batman character.
Love redeems this profiteer; it also renders him conventional.
Top CriticNothing in the film really makes any sense, and all the other characters seem buffoonish and arch, overplayed to the point of farce, more Matt Helm than James Bond.
The film works, thanks to Noyce's skill in creating suspense and staging elaborate action scenes.
The predictable action-thriller elements are all in place, from coke-sniffing, machine-gun-toting thugs to monotonous narrow escapes. The look is stylish, sound is above average, and the acting only as good as it has to be.
This film ought to make tons of money.
Disappointing on nearly every level.
The story that screenwriters Jonathan Hensleigh and Robert S. Baker have concocted keeps bogging down in silly contradictions or cliches.
Reinvention in the hands of Hollywood is seldom cause for celebration.
Top CriticThere isn't a contemporary film actor more crafty than Val Kilmer -- or one who reveals less of his true self. That's why Kilmer is so perfectly cast as Simon Templar, the master thief and elusive disguise artist of The Saint.
Top CriticThe script is a mixed bag of elaborate and unnecessary pseudo-politics, intriguing ideas and mostly confusing rehashed romantic mishmash.
Masterfully assembled by director Noyce.
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