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Ronin (1998)
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Robert De Niro stars as an American intelligence operative adrift in irrelevance since the end of the Cold War--much like a masterless samurai, a.k.a. "ronin." With his services for sale, he joins a renegade, international team of fellow covert warriors with nothing but time on their hands. Their mission, as defined by the woman who hires them (Natascha McElhone), is to get hold of a particular suitcase that is equally coveted by the Russian mafia and Irish terrorists. As the scheme gets underway, De Niro's lone wolf strikes up a rare friendship with his French counterpart (Jean Reno), gets into a more-or-less romantic frame of mind with...
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Ronin Movie Review by Ben  (4/17/2007) |
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Great sound, great "buy the CD" soundtrack, a car chase that sets the standard, and great acting. This intellectual thriller may be slow at times to some as the characters seem to chat a lot, but look who's chatting. Robert De Niro, Jean Reno (great in Godzilla), Sean Bean (our birthday boy), Natascha McElhone (Laurel...
(complete Ronin review by Ben)
| Ronin Movie Review by Thom (10/12/2007) |
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If you're accustomed to David Mamet's work you can be sure that you better pay attention, because he's not going to explain anything twice, some things not even once; if you can't keep up or don't know everything that's going on at any given time he's not stopping or slowing down for you. With so much spelled out for...
(complete Ronin review by Thom)
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