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International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
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| Release Date | 2017-07-11 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Director | Ernie Barbarash |
| Producers | Brad Krevoy, Simon West |
| Writers | Jesse Alexander, Leslie Charteris, Tony Giglio |
Watching The Saint didn't really feel like watching... A movie. It felt like watching an episode of a TV show that I'm too young to have ever seen.
So I did some research and turns out there's a reason for that! It was originally the pilot for a 2013 Roger Moore produced throwback TV show that never got off the ground, which they attempted to re-tool into a VOD movie in 2015, but was never actually released until it could capitalise on the death of Roger Moore earlier this year. Regardless of the reasoning, this remake relegates cult-favourite Eliza Dushku to deskjockey for 99% of the movie, because that's just the kind of bad decisions The Saint likes to make.
Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.
— Gimly