Pros: Intriguing storyline, well-acted and great chase scenes. Cons: Takes a little while to get going.
There's a scene early in Ronin where we get the feeling of where this movie is going. We see Robert DeNiro walking down a Paris street to a cafe of sorts where a meeting is going to take place. We see the other meeting guests arrive and we watch as ...
I remember seeing the original trailer for the 1998 Robert DeNiro film Ronin, and dismissing the movie as simply another two hours of car chases, gun fights and explosions. I recently discovered that to some extent I was correct, but there is a fairly ...
Pros: Outstanding detailed screenplay; outstanding performances; tight direction; beautiful production design Cons: Some might find it too violent and/or complicated
Mercenaries never get a good rep in the movies. They always come off as cold-hearted, inherently evil guys who enjoy killing people for money. Maybe they're not really so vile in reality, maybe they're the same flesh-and-blood people as everyone else. ...
Pros: Spectacular car chase sequences and technically effective film. Cons: Ex-samurai analogy aside, it's not really that deep.
My favorite part of Ronin is not the deft cinematography and sound that capture the grim nature of the shadowy world populated by terrorists, organized crime, and ex-spies. Not is it the believable yet spectacular action sequences - well paced ...
Pros: Lots of fun. Another De Niro tour-de-force. Cons: Pryce and McElhone's accents get a little thick at times. (Hint: subtitles).
The Cold War's over. It was fun while it lasted. In the crummy rump-end of Paris a group of unemployed cold warriors meet in a little bar for a job interview. Robert De Nero plays Sam, nobody in this movie has a last name, a former CIA officer who ...
To start, let me say this. The car chases in this movie are unbelievable. If there is one thing that this movie does and does well it is definitely the car chases. The movie revolves around a group of criminals called Ronin. They are hired by an unknown...
Pros: a smart thriller with plenty of action, good “twist” at the end Cons: hmmm... lots of shooting and wrong-way driving, but the police never seem to get involved
If you like thrilling car chases, top-secret intrigue, spy movies, shoot-outs and Robert DeNiro... then this is the film for you.
This film opened in September 1998 -- so it has been about two years since I saw it in its original, theatrical...
Pros: The last two hours and 30 seconds Cons: The first 30 seconds
I appreciate John Frankenheimer. Not just for directing "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Grand Prix", but for taking the one weak moment in his 1998 thriller, "Ronin" and getting it over with at the start. As the film begins, words flash across the...
Pros: Great acting, great car stunts and chase scenes, nitty-gritty feel Cons: double-cross and triple-cross plot gets confusing
Ronin is a hard movie to describe. You'll either love it for its multi-level complexity and great car stunts, or you'll hate it for the extended chases and "convoluted" double- and triple-cross that completely defies understanding by "mere mortals"....
Pros: Real action, strong story, incredible car chases Cons: No pat ending
"Ronin" is another one of those movies that I totally missed the hype on since I was living in Japan at the time it was released in the U.S. I remember seeing it mentioned on one of the "what's hot in America" shows, but I only...
Pros: Realistic and gritty espionage, cast Cons: A little slow at times, killing of innocents
Too many times Hollywood makes a spy movie that is so completely overblown and action oriented that it loses all its credibility as a true spy film. When compared to James Bond, "Mission:Impossible" was a breath of fresh air. You don't use your...
Pros: Deneiro and Reno are the real standouts in a great cast. Frankenheimer's cool direction. A wonderful script. Cons: none
I am frankly torn as to how to begin this review. I had planned to begin with a discussion of "car chase" films; but I think that can wait until later. There is a more pressing matter: Ronin.
Robert De Niro stars as an American intelligence operative adrift in irrelevance since the end of the Cold War--much like a masterless samurai, a.k.a....More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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