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The Saint

  • TV Movie
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
7.1K
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Eliza Dushku and Adam Rayner in The Saint (2017)
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International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is tasked to find a man's kidnapped daughter. In addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversar... Read allInternational master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is tasked to find a man's kidnapped daughter. In addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is tasked to find a man's kidnapped daughter. In addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.

  • Director
    • Ernie Barbarash
  • Writers
    • Leslie Charteris
    • Jesse Alexander
    • Tony Giglio
  • Stars
    • Adam Rayner
    • Eliza Dushku
    • Ian Ogilvy
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    7.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ernie Barbarash
    • Writers
      • Leslie Charteris
      • Jesse Alexander
      • Tony Giglio
    • Stars
      • Adam Rayner
      • Eliza Dushku
      • Ian Ogilvy
    • 112User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Adam Rayner
    Adam Rayner
    • Simon Templar
    Eliza Dushku
    Eliza Dushku
    • Patricia
    Ian Ogilvy
    Ian Ogilvy
    • The Fixer
    James Remar
    James Remar
    • Arnold Valecross
    Roger Moore
    Roger Moore
    • Jasper
    • (as Sir Roger Moore)
    Enrique Murciano
    Enrique Murciano
    • Inspector Fernack
    Thomas Kretschmann
    Thomas Kretschmann
    • Rayt Marius
    Beatrice Rosen
    Beatrice Rosen
    • Katherine Valecross
    Greg Grunberg
    Greg Grunberg
    • Detective Garces
    Yani Gellman
    Yani Gellman
    • Doyle Cosentino
    Samantha Hanratty
    Samantha Hanratty
    • Zoe Valecross
    • (as Sammi Hanratty)
    Jason Brooks
    Jason Brooks
    • Captain Miller
    Michael Ornstein
    Michael Ornstein
    • Kal Barko
    Sonalii Castillo
    Sonalii Castillo
    • Sonali Alves
    Louis Hynes
    Louis Hynes
    • Young Simon
    Christopher Villiers
    Christopher Villiers
    • Arthur Templar
    Papa Doug Manchester
    • Papa Doug
    Evgeniya Derhavina
    • Geniya
    • Director
      • Ernie Barbarash
    • Writers
      • Leslie Charteris
      • Jesse Alexander
      • Tony Giglio
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    5backus1611-1

    OK, if you can forget this is the Saint....

    and if you can give them a giant leeway- perhaps they'd get better over the next year, you could enjoy this. But my God, the last scene, him hiding behind a tree just makes you groan! Can anything scream stupid more than that? I've only seen a few of the original TV show, listened to every dang old radio show- starring Vincent Price, but this is not the Saint. It's some spy dude. And it falls into the same traps every other US (and who knows maybe the world) TV show does, for example, you have a female computer expert, who is not the Saint hence not the star, and when the expert is flummoxed, you have to have the Saint, the star, give a suggestion that even a computer novice like me would know, and the computer expert says something like "Good idea, I didn't think of that." I mean it's really something stupid like "Did you turn it off then on again?" But then, every mystery show does that. They're filled with idiot "experts" that the star has to suggest things to. Plus, some of the dialog is just so stupid. It treats the viewer as an idiot. But who knows, if you can ignore the books, the radio shows, the original TV show and it got non-insulting intelligent writers then maybe this could have been a show worth wasting an hour on. Not a whole-hearted endorsement.
    6codefool

    Hard to get The Saint right

    To know The Saint one must be truthful to the source material. The Saint as a character is brash, abrasive, annoyingly intelligent, and driven by a set a principals to do the right thing, even if "right" in any given instance is stealing, murder, or any other action that on the outside is technically a crime. "The ends justifies the means" is a kind of MO for The Saint, which creates a sort of dilemma - especially in the west - where we tend to regard all individuals - good and bad - to be subject to the same rules. But, is it really a crime if the subject had it coming to them? Such is life of The Saint - getting rich while sticking it to the bad guy. Or saving the girl. Or righting the wrong. Or insert cliché' here. Fun stuff all around.

    Unfortunately, most of the texture of The Saint is lost in attempts to portray him just as a lovable, quip-flinging, thief. A sort of James Bond type who always has something witty to say at the right moment. Anyone who has read any of the Charteris novels would strongly disagree.

    Which brings us to this latest attempt to put Saint on film. All the elements are there but watered down and cliché'd to the point of atrophy. Although this is the most lovingly adaptation attempt since the Roger Moore days. In short, I like this Saint, but the film won't get out of it's own way. There's been a strong push in Hollywood in recent decades to use technology as a panacea to whatever problem the antagonist might come across. Sixteen-inch steel vault door? No problem - just hack that sucker and in you go.

    It gets real old real fast.

    We want to see our heroes solve problems, not have them solved for them by inexplicable (and non-existent) technology. In the days of the original Saint - the 1920's and 1930's - you still had to do real detective work to solve mysteries. Now all one needs is a tablet and a wifi connection and you can tell everything about anything anytime anywhere.

    Where's the fun in that?

    So far as this film is concerned, this Simon Templar is more like the real Saint since Roger Moore - so watch it for that. Otherwise - or in addition to - go find a copy of Meet the Tiger and enjoy the real Saint.
    4Man99204

    The Saint it Ain't

    Accept this for what it is- a failed television pilot with added scenes added to pad it out to movie length.

    The main reason this never made it to series has to be Eliza Dushku. She is a "black hole" that causes all action to stop any time she is on camera. She behaves as if she is heavily medicated -- delivering each and every line with the same flat monotone. I wonder why any performer with such a severely limited range can have a career even in Hollywood.

    The other major failing here is with the basic plot. It is about as generic as possible, Absolutely nothing in this film is even remotely new or fresh -- it all has a "seen this all before many many times" aspect to it.
    7mcatear

    Return of the Saint

    First of all let me start by saying i think the really bad reviews on this are a little uncalled for. I actually enjoyed it and it was good to see Roger Moore the original saint in it if only for 1 minute, and Ian Ogilvie who played the return of the Saint in a more substantial role' Give it a try and judge the movie for yourselves, don't take my word or anyone else's word.
    4Hammer-Rocks

    It Tries But Never Gets There

    This movie had potential to be good, but fell short.

    It tried in numerous occasions to lift its game but with low budget looking sets, questionable dialog, sketchy editing, accompanied with generic background music, sees this movie dragged back down.

    I think the two main actors - Adam Rayner & Eliza Dushku - did a reasonable enough job, but some of the supporting cast are left wanting.

    I would love to see a modern take of The Saint that befits the original, but sadly this movie isn't it. Having said that, they classed this as a TV Movie which is appropriate since this feels like a two TV episodes in one.

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    • Trivia
      Filmed in 2013, it was not picked up for a series.
    • Goofs
      The gold bricks featured near the start are clearly nothing like the real weight of gold. They should have gone with gold-painted lead.
    • Quotes

      Xander: 'Fair' is something created by the weak because they know they can't defeat the strong.

    • Connections
      Remake of The Saint (1962)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 11, 2017 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Romania
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 神偷聖徒
    • Filming locations
      • Bucharest, Romania(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)
      • SilverScreen Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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