Plot:
Ivan Tretiak, Russian Maffia boss who wants to create oil crisis in Moscow and seize power as a result sends Simon Templar, great international criminal, to England to get secret formula for cold fusion from U.S. scientist Emma Russell. That formula will give Tretiak a source of cheap energy and a lot of money as result. Templar falls in love with Emma and they try to outwit Tretiak and his guerrillas, hiding from them in Moscow. - Anonymous

Comment:
This is a fairly 'standard' action movie with a rather improbable love sub-plot. Having said so, I still think it is quite a good movie, its main demerit is that it is far too 'normal' so it is rather easy to forget (or ignore at all).

The story itself is a variation of the secret agent theme, having a thief instead of a proper secret agent doesn't really change nor add anything to the genre, especially if the thief is shown in such a positive way (which reminds me of Robin Hood, except the fact that Simon Templar keeps the money for himself!).

There are various funny moments, most of them related to Val Kilmer's transformations, although probably the final chase with the police seemed a bit too comical. The action scenes weren't very spectacular but they weren't also completely unbelievable as in other similar movies.

Finally, a good point of the plot is the story of Simon Templar himself, the initial scene of his childhood, the idea of the saints' names and so on. This seemed rather original and ingenious, although people who (unlike myself) saw the TV series in the 60s would already know all this.