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Ronin (1998) 7.3
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Reviews: 573 user | 148 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com A freelancing former US intelligence agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by both the Irish and the Russians. Director:John Frankenheimer |
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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... Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
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Rated R for strong violence and some language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
25 September 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$55,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$12,697,641 (USA) (25 September 1998)Gross:
$41,609,593 (USA) (12 February 1999)Company Credits
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Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Peter Tchaikovsky)
Performed by The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Hans Vonk
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Body count: 34 See more »Goofs
When Sam "ambushes" Spence with the cup of coffee, the piston in the table that pops up to overturn the mug is visible. See more »Quotes
Vincent: [Gregor has just stolen the case for himself during a shoot-out] Where is Gregor?Sam: Gregor fucked us!
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The movie begins with a bunch of international mercenaries, five to be exact, gathering in a bistro in Paris… Working only for money, their job was strictly to take intact a metal suitcase from several men—very well armed— who'll be intent on preventing them… No information was given about its contents, value or purpose…
An extraordinary cast of actors forms the group:
Robert De Niro, the ex-CIA agent and expert strategist; Jean Reno, the French mercenary; Stellan Skarsgard, the mysterious computer professional; Sean Bean, the ace field man; and Skipp Sudduth, the specialist in driving getaway cars…
Dierdre (Natascha McElhone) is the icy Irishwoman who explains the mission, but she is not necessarily the one fully in charge… It seems that the 'handler' who pulls the strings is an Irish fugitive called Seamus (Jonathan Pryce).
The film becomes tense and very exciting when one of the five members double-crosses the rest of the team, replacing the suitcase and leaving with the one they got… Here appears a mysterious man— apparently in love with Natacha Kirilova played by Katarina Witt, the East German figure skater, 4-time world champion—interested in the suitcase…
"Ronin" combines exotic European locations with the most sophisticated movie car chase ever filmed on a superhighway when McElhone takes her black BMW through the wrong lanes followed by De Niro in a blue FWD Peugeot…
De Niro is great to watch as the tough Sam, who remains cool regardless of the peril of the operation… Equally not susceptible to alarm are Skarsgard and Reno… Natascha McElhone brings a chilling, glacial quality to the role of the forceful woman not afraid of anything…
Frankenheimer doesn't recapture the intensity he once created in movies like "The Manchurian Candidate," and the "French Connection"