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Mood:
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- Criminal HeroesMaster VillainSecret AgentsBetrayalChaseEspionageOn the RunRace Against Time more...
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Genres:
- ActionThrillerCrime
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Time/Period:
- 90s
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Place:
- FranceFrench Riviera
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- Boys' Night
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- SeriousRealisticFast
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Ronin, 1998
English, French, Russian
UK, USA
Profile of Ronin
The mood of Ronin is rough, suspenseful, and stylized. The plot centers around espionage, secret agents, and a master villain. It is a thriller, action, and crime movie. In approach, Ronin is serious and realistic. The pacing is fast. The setting is the French Riviera. Ronin happens in the 1990s. It is especially suggested for a boys' night.
Summary of Ronin
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.
Details
| Language: | English, French, Russian |
| Country: | UK, USA |
| Release date: | 23 September 1998 |
| Runtime: | 122 min |
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The New York Times
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- by: Elvis Mitchell
Rolling Stone
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- by: Staff(Not credited)
Users Reviews
- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
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