The Saint (1997)

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Love the Hard Way

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Studio: Paramount Pictures Studio: Paramount Pictures Studio: Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Apr 4, 1997

Running Time: 114 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Valery Nikolaev, Henry Goodman, Alun Armstrong, Michael Byrne, Evgeny Lazarev, Irina Apeximova, Lev Prigunov

director: Phillip Noyce, Mark Egerton, Michael A Benson

The Saint

A rich and sophisticated criminal, who is also a master of disguises, falls for a pretty young scientist whose life is in terrible danger. She has discovered the key to a Russian billionaire's overwhelming ambition--to crown himself the first Czar of the new Russian Empire--and he will stop at nothing to neutralize the danger that she represents.

December 8, 2000

The Saint

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The Saint leaves star Val Kilmer and director Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games) fighting to enliven an exhausted character. Author Leslie Charteris created Simon Templar, a k a the Saint, in 1928, which led to some 50 musty novels, nine forgettable movies from 1938 to 1954 and a twit TV series in the 1960s starring a well-groomed if wooden Roger Moore.

Credit Kilmer and screenwriters Jonathan Hensleigh (The Rock) and Wesley Strick (Cape Fear) for spicing up Simon, whose escape…