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Rating: 10 stars

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car chases

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Ronin (1998)

Directed by John Frankenheimer

Action | Crime | Drama

Overview

A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals’ hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or ‘ronin’, and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.

Rated R | Length 122 minutes

Actors

Robert De Niro | Jean Reno | Natascha McElhone | Stellan Skarsgård | Skipp Sudduth | Jonathan Pryce | Sean Bean | Michael Lonsdale | Féodor Atkine | Katarina Witt | Ron Perkins | Daniel Breton | Amidou | Jan Tříska | Bernard Bloch | Léopoldine Serre | Dominic Gugliametti | Alan Beckworth | Tolsty | Gérard Moulévrier | Lionel Vitrant | Vincent Schmitt | Julia Maraval | Laurent Spielvogel | Steve Suissa | Katia Tchenko | Dyna Gauzy | Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux | Dimitrij Rafalský | Gérard Touratier | Christophe Maratier | Pierre Forest | Henry Moati | Cyril Prentout | Vladimir Tchernine | Amanda Spencer | Frédéric Schmalzbauer | Lou Maraval | Nader Boussandel | Hélène Cardona | Lee Delong | Norbert Ferrer | Veronique Blanc Meyere | Christine Musset

Viewing History (seen 8 times)

Viewing Notes

Finishing off the night in total comfort zone! Anyone who knows me knows that Ronin is one of my all-time favorite films. I’ve probably watched it 20-30 times by now. I just love the hell out of it; it’s perfect in almost every way.

This is the first time I’ve watched my BluRay of it though, so it was like experiencing it for the first time again.

Definitely an overlooked/underrated Frankeneimer classic. People should watch this film just for the two, TWO, amazing car chase scenes alone. One of De Niro’s last truly great performances as well.

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