"The Saint"
Watched English movie "The Saint".
This film is directed by Earnie Barbarash. Written by Leslie Charteris, Jesse Alexander, Tony Giglio. Produced by Jesse Alexander and others. Music by Neal Acree. Cinematography Paul M. Sommers. The film stars Adam Rayner; Enrique Murciano; Eliza Dushku; Ian Ogilvy; Sir Roger Moore. The film runs for about 1 hour 30 minutes and was released in 2017. I watched it on Netflix on 29th Jan 2021.
Simon Templar is an international thief who works with his associate and computer genius Patricia Holm. His trade name is 'The Saint'. Being a descendant of Knights Templars, he distributes his booty to needy. A shady businessman steals 2.5 B$ earmarked to help Nigeria. His banker grows conscience and hides the money. Banker’s daughter is kidnapped. He recruits The Saint.
Rayner plays the good thief, the ultimate fighter and never captured 'The Saint'. He looks handsome, acts well and fights very well. Eliza plays his associate, the brains and computer wiz Patricia. She looks beautiful. In the swimsuit scene, rather than looking sexy, she looks scrawny. Enrique plays the inspector who's on Simon's trail for long. Remar plays the Banker. At his old age, he doesn't appear tech savvy. Ogilvy plays the villain. Roger Moore makes a guest appearance.
The story has flow. The movie is crisp. Director handles the movie well and keeps you interested. There is a hint of sequel but it isn't released yet.
The Saint is a popular fictional character and has its fan following. It was first published as
a series of books between 1928 and 1963 with Simon Templar as the protagonist. The author was Leslie Charteris. Several radio shows were made since 1940s. In 1962, a TV show was aired. In 1997, a film was released. And now this movie was released in 2017.
Since I haven't read any of the original books, can't say if the movie is true to any of them.
Positives: Sam-Eliza chemistry.
Negatives: Umm.....
It's a good light movie. Watch it, forget it.
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