Last night when the moon was full and the sky was bright, the rain was falling at a slow and drizzly pace. Inside, where it was warm and dark, on a couch full of blankets, my friend and I made love to The Saint.

(Note to the reader: That was my wife’s introduction, composed by her while lying next to me in bed while I flew fingers over they keyboard and she cackled madly. I think she’s severely deprived of sleep and/or on a nutty streak. Time will tell.)

At any rate, my friend Paul and I sat down and watched The Saint. Yes, I know it was a 1997 movie, but as previously noted, my repetoire when it comes to film and screen is not what you would call noteworthy. Thus, I’m finally JUST getting around to this one.

My Review:
First of all, who knew that Elisabeth Shue was so hot? Honestly, where has this woman been hiding all this time? Wow. I was impressed just from the fact that she is such a nice, natural looking, pretty woman. I also thought her acting was pretty darn good.

Val Kilmer — who, honestly, names their little boy “Val”? He absolutely had to get his nuts kicked in when he was in school for that one, which probably explains why he now looks like he was trying out for Mr. Universe for the past 6 years. His acting in this one was very odd — it wasn’t bad, as such, I just didn’t always know exactly what role he was playing at all times. Since his character is always impersonating someone else, it was very hard to discern when he was faking it and when it was genuine. And to be honest, maybe that was the full intention of the director – to make this dichotomy so prevelant that you couldn’t tell because HE couldn’t necessarily tell when he was being “himself” and when he was being a character.

The movie itself was very good, I thought. Good action, decent acting, interesting premise. I rather enjoyed how they started out by showing the place and then going, “…Yesterday” for the flashback and then “Moscow…Tomorrow” for the present time. It gave an interesting quirk to the film.

I especially liked the Russian scenery and the people. I’ve always found myself fascinated by the Russian/Slavic peoples. Their architecture, way of life, how they look, their language – I probably should have taken Russian when I was in college or something. Russian women are usually quite lovely, Russian men have a deep air of seriousness or grimness about them. I think the environment and the economics of the area shapes a lot of that. I shall definately have to visit it sometime.

All in all, I rather liked The Saint. I recommend it to anyone who hasn’t seen it…it won’t be a waste of your time.