| Ronin | | Cast : | Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone | | Director : | John Frankenheimer | | Studio : | Mgm/Ua Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 25, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | July 30, 2002 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 20, 2005 | | Summary | Great Action Picture! | Content
 | This is a great action film from John Frankenheimer. The car chases are without a doubt some of the wildest ever filmed. Frankenheimer was well awear that computer generated images was all the rage, but went for the REAL thing!, and does he deliver.
The other thing I like about this DVD is that is double sided playing(you have the standard TV view and also the wide screen view on the flip side) This makes such good since that all movie companies should release their films on DVD this way. If you don't mind the occasional use of the "F" word then I suggest you get this DVD and set back and enjoy!! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 14, 2005 | | Summary | And the award for best car chase scene goes to....Ronin | Content
| Ronin, simply, is a great guy flick. Lots of action. Kind of plays out like a good western. Robert De Niro, Jean Reno are excellent as two of the hired guns of the mysterious Deidre played by Natascha McElhone. There are twists and turns. Good guys, bad guys, but who is who? John Frankenheimer created an Action Packed buffet of shoot em' ups and chase em downs.
Finally, this film has the best car chase scenes you will ever view. Not the corny, computer enhanced garbage, that one sees now a days, but real car chases! If you liked The French Connection and Bullit, you will love Ronin. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 21, 2005 | | Summary | When you're driving in your car,you'll think of these chases | Content
| A blast! Jean Reno and Robert De Niro star in this amazing action/thriller movie with the best car chases ever!
Even if you don't want to watch the movie itself (which is great), at least rent it to check out the wicked chases. They are trully umbelievable. The movie is about a group of hired people who have to retrieve a briefcase. The chase for the briefcase is AWESOME!!!!!! But, betrayal comes into play and the survivors are trying to finally retrieve this briefcase. 3/4 of the movie is action while the end has a thrilleresque approach. De Niro as always is fantastic and Jean Reno also does a good job. There's really nothing else to say besides that this movie is a must see alone for the chases and the movie itself, besides the chases, is even excellent. Beleive, you'll rewatch the chases after you watch the movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 28, 2005 | | Summary | Excellent Action Worth Repeated Viewing | Content
| Great cast: Robert DeNiro, Jean Reno, Skellan Skarsgard, Natasha McElhorne, Sean Bean, Skip Sudduth, Jonathan Pryce, and former James Bond villian Michael Lonsdale. Even skating hottie Katrina Witt is here.
Great Action: Plenty of shooting, explosions, chasing, wrestling around and punching. Much of it looks quite brutal. A few short, riveting car chases. Also, a long excellent car chase as good as the one in Bullitt.
Intelligent Plot: Mostly double and triple crosses and suspicion, paranoia, and ulterior motives. plenty of references to mercenaries and secret agents for action fans who like that stuff.
Great Locations: All over France. Not every single action flick needs to be set in NYC, LA, SF, Chicago or London.
Ronin was all but completely ignored when it came out but, if you're at all an action fan, you can't go wrong here.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 12, 2005 | | Summary | Superb Adventure | Content
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To be honest I bought this DVD at low price from WalMart due to Robert DeNiro's name on the jacket. I was totally unfamiliar with the movie, and always dislike taking a chance on something that I may have to throw away or give away.
No chance of that with this one, for from the beginning, this movie is one of the better adventure tales it's ever been my pleasure to have viewed.
With all the reviews here it would seem quite unnecessary for me to go into any details of plot. Besides those are not the type reviews I usually write, anyway.
So, if you enjoy adventure, suspense, or just good flicks this one is a 'must see'. So believe me, if you choose to pass this movie up, you will have passed up a great movie. |
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