Review of Desert Saints (2002) by Manuel O — 25 Apr 2008

Dissapointed... That's how you are going to feel about this movie. The plot was heading the right way, a hitman hiring young naive ladies to kill his targets and then he kills the lady and disposes the weapon. You think, cool. But then the screenplay ruins the plot by making the professional hitman fall in love with one of her latest victims... stupid. Too many unnecessary flashbacks in the movie, Melora Walters is awful in this movie (acting like an innocent school girl with the hitman Banks and like a tough serious woman as an FBI agent who is undercover) Both which are unbelievable because Walters is too old and too bland for this role to be cute and innocent and since she's not even a good actress she can't play the role of a serious FBI agent. This movie is awful. The only thing that can save this movie and makes it watchable is Kiefer Sutherland'.

S performance which is always great. But of course that is not enough to block out the other actors/actresses's performances and the whole movie for that matter which make the film bleak.