The Saint 1997 by AverageMansReviews

The Saint 1997 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/child abuse/Russia/shooting/transformation/disfigurement/terrorism/bodily functions/disfigurement/animal cruelty/self harm/cutting/medical/reference to Ukraine

Well this is certainly something isn't it...: briefly; John Rossi/Simon Templar/other names [Younger: Adam Smith/Older: Val Kilmer:] he is a highly skilled thief that also goes by the name of The Saint, he undertakes this job by the Russians to get his hands on this formula and give it to them for $3 million. Dr. Emma Russell [Dr. Emma Russell:] she is a scientist that has been working on this formula for cold fusion.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, character developments/exposition and framework and pacing of this 111 minute film is problematic from the outset, as the storyline/script is absolutely tedious, with lengthy exposition on our lead character which brings very little to the table other than we understand a reference later on in the film [so in essence this is just a long way to go to make something makes sense later on in the film;] then we have to go through this time of going where the hell are we? Because we have a massive time jump and then the framework and pacing; the framework is fine; it has clearly been laid out and structured in a smooth manner, but the pacing is so agonisingly slow and mix that with everything else; which you will read in due course... wow this film is hard work to watch.

Art and action; we get is in this drawing of this other art piece, also have this vehicle slowly getting rigged to explode and this game of Russian Roulettes [if you haven't guessed already I am struggling for positive elements to this content.]

Character developments, performances and comedy; they are either generic as it relates to the character developments coinciding with performances that are/were formulaic... but there is no way in hell Kilmer should have been given the nominee he had been given for this performance as he is by far the best thing about this film and Shue is very much worth her nomination when her character shows the knowledge and skills to drag our lead character down; brings their on-screen chemistry to life as well. Kilmer as these characters and within his performance of those characters tries to be comical and make two of his persona' quirky.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; you know when a film is meant to be taken seriously, but it just comes off incredibly cheap and tacky that saying a film is poor, isn't actually doing the justice it richly deserves; this film is by far appalling on mostly every single level to the point where I am actually going to say you should actually watch it to see how bad it actually is... but I should warn you even I struggled to get through this project and the person watch some of this content with was in the same mindset as myself; yes I have shown that this film does have some positives, but it is a counter balance situation, where the negatives are so overwhelming that I can't go any higher and there is an ongoing seen when the ending credits begin to roll. This title has some awards accredited to its name like 1 Winner BMI Film & TV Awards 1998 BMI Film Music Award Graeme Revell. 2 Nominees which one is positive and the other isn't; Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actress - Suspense Elisabeth Shue and the other is Razzie Awards 1998 Razzie Award Worst Actor Val Kilmer