A Year After ‘Mission: Impossible,’ Val Kilmer Also Tried To Revamp a Classic Spy TV — The Underseen Result Is Worth Your Time

The late, great Val Kilmer brought his all to every role he did. From Bruce Wayne in Batman Foreverto Doc Holliday in Tombstone, he never failed to deliver an amazing performance. The Prince of Egypteven proved that Kilmer's talents shone when it came to voice work. But one Kilmer film has flown under the radar for years: The Saint, which draws its premise from the 1960s Roger Moore TV series of the same name. Kilmer stars as Simon Templar, a master thief who's hired to steal a cold fusion formula from brilliant and beautiful scientist Emma Russell (Elisabeth Shue). But Templar winds up falling for her, and having to outrun his employer, Ivan Tretiak (Rade Šerbedžija), who wants to use Emma's formula as part of a plan to seize power in Russia. The Saint was attempting to follow in the footsteps of films like Mission: Impossibleand The Fugitive, which were both based on classic TV shows and reaped rewards at the box office; it was a modest success, but it also features what might be some of Kilmer's finest acting to date.