Desert Saints is a 2002 film starring Kiefer Sutherland as a hitman named Arthur Banks. He stars alongside Melora Walters and Jamey Sheridan.
Arthur Banks (Sutherland) is an Ivy League-educated hitman for Latin American drug cartels who picks up solitary women, uses them as cover for a hit, then kills them. His trademark is a bullet with a tungsten core. Over the years, he has become wary of the FBI's attempts to catch him, including by use of satellite and security cameras, which leads him to mostly stay in rural desert areas when not working. The FBI team is spearheaded by Agent George Scanlon (Sheridan), who lost five years of his career when Banks killed a witness he was guarding 15 years ago while leaving no evidence behind. In a desperation sting, Scanlon plants Agent Bennie Harper (Walters), portraying a drifter, in Banks' path, and Banks picks her up for what he says will be his last job, a hit on the president of Mexico. Scanlon and Agent Donna Marbury (Leslie Stefanson), along with several support agents, follow Banks and Harper through the Southwest, but the scheme goes wrong when one of the tailing agents is spotted and caught by Banks.
Arthur Banks: I told you - I don't know how to dance
Bennie Harper: Come on. It's fun!
Arthur Banks: Oh shit!
Bennie Harper: You sure are a tough guy.
Arthur Banks: What are you talking about?
Bennie Harper: You talk like a tough guy, you walk like a tough guy, you even order drinks like a tough guy...
Arthur Banks: I'm not a tough guy - I'm just careful!
Bennie Harper: Careful of what?
Arthur Banks: Of pretty women...
Arthur Banks: (to Bennie) Meet my in the bar, here, in a half an hour.
Bennie Harper: Banks, can I ask you a question?
Arthur Banks: Yeah...
Bennie Harper: Is there anything you like about me?
Arthur Banks: No, not really.
Bennie Harper: And you wouldn't have told me if there was, right?
Arthur Banks: No, especially since you asked. Don't be detained.
| Release Date | 10 March 2002 |
| Genre | Action, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English, Latin |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Thriller, Crime Thriller |
| Themes | Hired Killers |
| Tones | Paranoid, Tense |