Douglas Cain

Kilmer's No Roger Moore, July 9 2001

After seeing The Saint on television with Roger Moore, I became extremely addicted to the show and loved it very much. Practically James Bond without the gadgets. A couple of weeks ago I finally watched The Saint with Val Kilmer. The reason I wasnt too crazy about the movie was the fact that Kilmer's character resembled nothing of the Roger Moore character. Roger Moore was debanoir, suave and knew what he was doing. Kilmer was sometimes not believable and was also in different disguises. The Roger Moore character was never in disguise and to the best of my knowledge, the George Sanders character was not also. However, I give the movie credit for establishing a plot that gets a little… Read more