In the line of Mission: Impossible, The Fugitive, The Untouchables, et al., another television series receives a steroid injection on the big screen. (TV's Simon Templar, Roger Moore, is invited to lend his voice to the radio announcer at the end.) Lots of movement, music, gadgetry, gigantic closeups, overhead shots, and more. Not lots of conviction or suspense. Val Kilmer, as the psychologically tormented multimillionaire thief (the Saint: the Early Years), might seem a curious choice for a "master of disguise" -- with that distinctive mole on his jawline, those squashed lips. But he appears to have fun with the part, especially the long-haired leather-pantsed adenoidal "poet" he becomes (shades of his Jim Morrison in The Doors) in order to woo the schoolgirlish scientist (Elisabeth Shue, in jumper and knee-highs) who has found the solution to the world's energy problems. And in another disguise, Kilmer also gets to reprise his Doc Holliday drawl from Tombstone. Directed by Phillip Noyce. (1997) — Duncan Shepherd
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