Ronin = A term referred to ancient samurai who having committed some sort of offence, sell there souls to the highest bidder. Travelling the land doing the jobs no honourable man would dare to do.
No samurai here however, what you do have is five mercenaries in Paris 1998 out to achieve what ever it takes to earn money. The Mercenaries in this case consist of Sam, played very nicely by Robert De Niro; Sam is a man who knows rather a lot but pretends ... ...terms of emotion. Ronin contains arguably one of the largest chase scenes in movie history, taking in many of Paris’s top landmarks. This impressive piece of filming seems like nothing to watch until you start to think about the movie. Once you start thinking then you realise how long it must have taken to achieve such a scene. To get so many main popular roads I’d assume they were filming these scenes for weeks.
The plot, although initially seeming ...
sghawken 06.05.2007
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Advantages: Robert De Niro, Paris! Disadvantages: It's not exactly 'deep' in terms of plot.
Ronin possesses four things that I truly love in life: Robert De Niro's acting ability, beautiful French scenery, spectacular action, and my Yorkshire heritage (represented by the consistently-good Sean Bean). So, naturally I'm going to love it, right? Right. Frankenheimer, a former amateur racing driver, is responsible for directing this action-thriller that boasts all of the above, and some of the greatest car chases to ever grace a cinema audience. ... ...Most of the scenes in Ronin are made up of violent rivalies and a high-speed car chases. Pure entertainment, with the odd line of wisdom thrown in every now and then from the great De Niro. Ronin is neither over-the-top or completely dumb. The car chases all seem pretty realistic, even if they are an excuse to give the film some action; the stunt work is fantastic, and Frankenheimer's experience as an amateur racing driver definitely appears valuable ...
andycarrington 31.03.2009
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