Ronin

United States, United Kingdom

1998

122 Min

Color

2.35:1

French, Russian, English

Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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CAST Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean

Ronin is the Japanese word used for Samurai without a master. In this case, the Ronin are outcast specialists of every kind, whose services are available to everyone – for money. Dierdre (undoubtedly from Ireland) hires several Ronin to form a team in order to retrieve an important suitcase from a man who is about to sell it to the Russians. After the mission has been completed successfully, the suitcase immediately gets switched by a member of the team who seems to work into his own pocket. The complex net of everyone tricking everyone begins to surface slowly, and deadly… —IMDb

Director

John Frankenheimer

Born in New York and raised in Queens, John Frankenheimer wanted to become a professional tennis player. He loved movies and his favorite actor was Robert Mitchum. He decided he wanted to be an actor but then he applied for and was accepted in the Motion Picture Squadron of the Air Force where he realized his natural talent to handle a camera. After his military discharge he began a TV career in 1953 convincing CBS to hire him as an assistant director, which consisted mainly working as a cameraman at that time. He eventually started to direct the show he was working on as an assistant director. Frankenheimer still didn’t want to direct films. He liked to direct live television, and he would have continued to do it if the profession itself hadn’t cease to exist. He first turned to the big screen with The Young Stranger (1957) which he hated to do because he thought he didn’t understand movies and wasn’t used to work with only one camera. Disappointed with his first feature film experience… read more

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Kirby

5Feb13

The car chases were spectacular, but I found myself bored at parts. And I thought for sure Sean Bean would come back at some point towards the end, only to turn into a bit of raspberry jam.

StellaWasaDiver

1Jan13

Thought Sean Bean was gonna buy it for sure; he seems to be cast for his ability to die gracefully. And I'm not sure what this says about the film, but I found the surgery scene to be the most exciting of all.

doublelife91

13Nov12

Underrated.

Mathias Palmberg

1Nov12

The best car chase movie ever. Bullitt can kiss Ronin's ass to be blunt. Beyond that there is some great on screen chemistry between the ensamble and Frankenheimer keeps the direction old school and engaging. They sure don't make them like this anymore. Shame...

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