“There Are No Saints” (** out of four) was a lukewarm action melodrama about a man (Jose Maria Yazpik) wrongfully imprisoned whose wife is murdered and son kidnapped and he then embarks on ruthless revenge against the various underworld figures (Ron Perlman, Tim Roth, Brian Cox, Neal McDonough) but finds deception and treachery at every turn. First-rate cast helps put window dressing on a tired story of revenge and sadism; has its moments here-and-there but doesn’t congeal into a satisfying whole. Paul Schrader wrote the typically uneven screenplay.

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