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Leslie Charteris wrote a series of books in which Simon Templar, "The Saint", was the hero; this was a forerunner to the James Bond style of secret agent thriller. Templar was always immaculate and suave, and a gentleman, but also a master of disguises. Roger Moore starred in a UK television series based on the books in the 1960s.
The film is an update on that, but a lot of James Bond films have been made in the meantime, and inevitably this film will be measured against those works. It just isn't exciting enough, despite a huge budget and some big names. The Cold War setup which looked so central to everyone's future in the 1980s now looks rather old fashioned and drab.
Simon Templar is undertaking a last case, designed to top up his bank account for retirement; it involves the technical process of cold fusion, which has the theoretical capability to generate electrical power in huge quantities cheaply. A Russian oligarch has hired Templar to assist him, and this involves infiltrating the Kremlin. A large number of disguises seem to be necessary through the film, including this one as a cleaner in the Kremlin. The military men are having a secret discussion, so naturally they don't pay any attention to this old crone with a duster.
HF March 2011
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