| | | Loyalty is bought, betrayal is a way of life.
Features: Widescreen, English, Subtitled, French, Spanish, Italian, Dubbed & Subtitled
In a world where loyalties are easily abandoned and allegiances can be bought, a new and deadlier terrorist threat has emerged--free agent killers! Featuring "high-octane action" (Gene Shalit, Today), a "first-rate cast" (L.A. Daily News) and exhilarating car chases that "are nothing short of sensational" (The New York Times), Ronin is "the real deal in action fireworks" (Rolling Stone) directed by "a master of intelligent thrillers" (Roger Ebert). The Cold War may be over, but a new world order keeps a group of covert mercenaries employed by the highest bidder. These operatives, known as "Ronin", are assembled in France by a mysterious client, for a seemingly routine mission: steal a top-secret briefcase. But the simple task soon proves explosive as other underworld organizations vie for the same prize...and to get this job done, the members of Ronin must do something they've never done before--trust each other!
"Two thumbs up!" Siskel & Ebert
"A top-notch thriller!" The New York Times
"A sly masterpiece." Time Magazine
Editor's Note
David Mamet wrote this screenplay under the name Richard Weisz, as a gun for hire, much like the masterless samurai of the film's title, who roamed Japan in the 19th Century, loyal only to themselves. A group of men with highly developed skills are called to a meeting in a deserted warehouse in Paris. Sam (Robert De Niro), an American, may be ex-CIA. Vincent (Jean Reno), the terminally cool Frenchman, is a mystery. Russian computer whiz Gregor (Stellan Skarsgaard) is presumably ex-KGB, and Spence (Sean Bean), a British demolitions man, and Larry (Skipp Suddith), another Yank, round out the team. They've been hired by the IRA, through liaison Deirdre (Natascha McElhone), to steal a briefcase of unknown contents somewhere in Europe. As the unit races from one spectacular location on the French Riviera to another, the body count mounts, some Russian gangsters get into the act, and the betrayals come fast and furious. In a rare comic moment, Sam stitches up his own bullet wound, and asks a friend to finish before he passes out. RONIN features an exceptional cast, sumptuous locations, and the kind of realistic car chases and action scenes that one expects from a director of John Frankenheimer's skills.
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 11/1/2005 |
| Running Time: 121 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1998 | | Catalog ID: 12794 | | UPC: 00027616127945 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, German Dubbed, Italian Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...RONIN represents an exhilarating return to form for Frankenheimer....The real deal in action fireworks..." 10/15/1998 p.133-4Entertainment Weekly
"...Bracing sequences....A welcome throwback....[De Niro] makes most recent action-movie figures look like callow jocks..." -- Rating: B 03/05/1999 p.70 USA Today
"...This throwback to director John Frankenheimer's vintage international thrillers has an attractively old-fashioned feel..." 10/23/1998 p.6E New York Times
"...An extraordinary cast of actors, all on the same formidable wavelength, match wits most impressively....Mr. De Niro shows off a brooding, hard-guy panache with its own brand of international appeal..." 09/25/1998 p.E15 Uncut
"[R]uthlessly constructed, hugely entertaining..." 11/01/2004 p.157 Rolling Stone 8 of 10
That Ronin is the real deal in action fireworks owes much to a first-rate cast that can toss a quip as deftly as a firebomb. It's a kick to watch De Niro in James Bond mode--revving it up with cars, babes and bang-bang...
Los Angeles Times 9 of 10
...an old-fashioned thriller brought efficiently up to date. It's a welcome throwback to the days when the world didn't have to end or tanker trucks explode to get an action audience's attention... Frankenheimer brings his experience to bear on a scenario that has been smartly pared down in order to ratchet up the tension, especially in the film's series of heart-stopping car chases. - Kenneth Turan
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