The Saint

The Saint is currently streaming in Australia on Netflix, and in the US on fuboTV and MGM+ Amazon Channel, and it earns its premise rather than just borrowing genre trappings. It says what it needs to say in one sitting, no filler. 1,262 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for Val Kilmer — the performance elevates material that could easily tip into self-seriousness. Available now on Netflix — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

The Saint arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The Saint treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret. Val Kilmer and Elisabeth Shue lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 1997. What separates The Saint from lesser genre entertainment is a willingness to let the concept cost the characters something. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

The Saint is satisfying on multiple levels — something to watch and something to think about after. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Val Kilmer anchors it with a performance that makes the more abstract moments feel personal. If you have been burned by ambitious sci-fi before, this is the exception.