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There Are No Saints

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Looking to start a new life, a former hitman nicknamed The Jesuit (Jose Maria Yazpik) is unable to escape the sins of his past. With enemies on both sides of the law, he has nowhere to turn when his only son is kidnapped by a ruthless cartel boss (Ron Perlman). He'll stop at nothing to save his boy in this gritty action-thriller from the writer of TAXI DRIVER.
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There Are No Saints, and the number of reasons to watch this shoddy, mean-spirited action thriller is also perilously close to zero.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian 06/21/2022
1/5
The film clunks on, acted with no flair or charisma by anyone in the cast and no energy or interest in the direction. Go to Full Review
Noel Murray Los Angeles Times 05/27/2022
“There Are No Saints” is like a ghost film, drifting in from the past to our present — still haunting in its way, but hazy about its mission. Go to Full Review
Calum Marsh New York Times 05/26/2022
It can be difficult to take genre movies that are this clichéd seriously, and doubly so when they insist on regurgitating tropes in a humorless register. Go to Full Review
Joel Fisher Battle Royale With Cheese 07/05/2022
There may be no saints, but there are definitely enough people who had nothing better to do. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 06/12/2022
C-
It's a gross film that has no place for any saints. Go to Full Review
Wade Major FilmWeek (LAist) 06/08/2022
Like a low-budget, cut-rate version of a John Wick movie. Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Sep 24 Success in 1.75 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Nudity, Language Throughout, Sexual Content, Some Drug Use and Strong and Disturbing Violence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Laurie S @Karlwinters Sep 3 I thought it was above average for a thriller. Good acting, directing and the dialogue was terrific between Roth and his mate. See more Dave V 02/13/2024 Great action and suspense. Just like the first one when it comes to action. The punishment that he takes is sometimes not realistic that someone can keep going after all of the bullets, but you expect that. I enjoyed it like I did the first one See more Jelisije J 11/30/2023 This movie is saved by not going for the predictable ending, but I was generally disappointed with how below average the acting, directing, and action was in this film. See more harris r 06/02/2022 One of the really better B-films out there. I was actually shocked at all the low ratings for this film. Clearly, most of the headliner names gives it away that it's a B film, so I wasn't expecting much going into it. I almost didn't see it due to the bad ratings, but the trailer caught my attention, and I'm glad I saw it. Mexican director Alfonso Pineda Ulloa did a great job with this film. The screenplay by seasoned writer Paul Schrader was actually suspenseful and action packed. The story wasn't anything revolutionary to the genre, and still had the typical cliches, but certainly had its tense and unsuspecting moments, enough to keep me engaged. The score was excellent, especially for a B film. The cinematography was on point, and the landscape shots were great. There were some great names in the casting, and most performed excellent, but I feel José María Yazpik was miscast. His low-tone whisper voice got annoying and unconvincing really quick, and that cheapened the film. His performance was good, and his action scenes decent, but his character's demeanor just wasn't convincing. There was even this scene with Neal McDonough and Yazpik in the kitchen that was just off - McDonough being too aloof and goofy, and Yazpik on the other side of the scale being way too serious. Maybe better cast direction from a more seasoned director would have fixed those type of issues. Tim Roth, Ron Perlman and Tommy Flanagan played their parts excellent and convincing. It's actually a much better production than I expected, and certainly undeserving of anything under 5. For a B film, I surprisingly enjoyed it and recommend it, and thus it's a well deserved 7.5 rounded up to an 8/10 from me. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Looking to start a new life, a former hitman nicknamed The Jesuit (Jose Maria Yazpik) is unable to escape the sins of his past. With enemies on both sides of the law, he has nowhere to turn when his only son is kidnapped by a ruthless cartel boss (Ron Perlman). He'll stop at nothing to save his boy in this gritty action-thriller from the writer of TAXI DRIVER.
Director
Alfonso Pineda Ulloa
Producer
Santiago Garcia Galvan, Alex Garcia, Jose Martinez Jr.
Screenwriter
Paul Schrader
Distributor
Saban Films
Production Co
Latam Pictures, BN Films, Open Window Productions, Itaca Films
Rating
R (Nudity|Language Throughout|Sexual Content|Some Drug Use|Strong and Disturbing Violence)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 27, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 27, 2022
Runtime
1h 45m
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