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Ronin (1998)

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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 60
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 19

This is comparable to French Connection with great action, dynamic road chase scenes, and solid performances.

Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 6

This is comparable to French Connection with great action, dynamic road chase scenes, and solid performances.

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Movie Info

John Frankenheimer directed this $20 million international action thriller from a screenplay by Richard Weisz (pseudonym for David Mamet) and J.D. Zeik. In Paris, Irish organizer Deidre (Natascha McElhone) assembles a team to grab a mysterious briefcase from criminals. They are never told who hired them or the true identity of their targets. The hired specialists: Former CIA officer Sam (Robert De Niro), former Euro intelligence agent Vincent (Jean Reno), German electronics expert Gregor

R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure

Directed By: John Frankenheimer

Written By: J.D. Zeik, David Mamet

In Theaters: Sep 25, 1998 Wide

On DVD: May 15, 2001

MGM Home Entertainment

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Cast

Robert De Niro
Sam
Jean Reno
Vincent
Natascha McElhone
Deirdre
Stellan Skarsg�rd
Gregor
Sean Bean
Spence
Skipp Sudduth
Larry
Michel Lonsdale
Jean-Pierre
Jan Triska
Dapper Gent
Jonathan Pryce
Seamus
Feodor Atkine
Mikhi
Katarina Witt
Natacha Kirilova
Bernard Bloch
Sergi
Michael Lonsdale

Critic Reviews for Ronin

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Ronin is a generally familiar if murky and occasionally pretentious exercise.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Detroit News

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Susan Stark

Detroit News

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John Frankenheimer used to make real movies.

January 1, 2000 Comments (3)

Chris Vognar

Dallas Morning News

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Mamet was so upset by the Writers Guild's refusal to give him sole writing credit that he chose to be listed under a pseudonym; turns out he unwittingly made the right decision.

April 3, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

More fruitful by far to take the auteurist view and say that for Frankenheimer, Ronin is surrender.

March 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

As rela��es entre os personagens e as seq��ncias de persegui��o s�o fascinantes, mas a tentativa de "amarrar" a trama acaba comprometendo um roteiro que n�o precisava disso.

March 12, 2005 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

...smart enough to recognize and even make a virtue of its dumbness.

January 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Frankenheimer goes out, well, if not exactly on top, at least on a high note with this slightly insubstantial but stylistically sophisticated song in a minor key

March 11, 2004 Full Review Source: Cinemania

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Dan Jardine

Cinemania

Nothing was resolved in the end except for the fact that I hated it.

October 21, 2002 Full Review Source: Supercala.com

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John Venable

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An entertaining, though extremely convoluted and occasionally way too silly action yarn detailing a team of mercenaries (led by Robert De Niro) who must recover a briefcase filled with contents they no nothing about. The plot, as said, is way to complicated to keep up with, and the character development is pretty bad

October 21, 2007

Dan Schultz

Super Reviewer

This action thriller about a team of strangers being hired to retrieve a mysterious suitcase includes two of the most spectacular car chases of the 90s. Them being filmed almost at street level really makes you feel as if you're part of the pursuit and makes them stand out as the highlights of the film. While the rest

June 14, 2006