Release Date
September 25, 1998
Director
John Frankenheimer
Writer
David Mamet, J.D. Zeik
Cast
Bernard Bloch, Katarina Witt, Féodor Atkine, Jan Tríska, Michel Lonsdale, Sean Bean, Skipp Sudduth, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Jonathan Pryce, Jean Reno, Robert De Niro
Studio
Running Time
121 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for strong violence and some language
They once fought for a nation, now for the highest bidder. They were warriors in the Cold War but now they have nowhere to go. And they have just been brought together to work a simple mission that isn't really that simple.
Sam is the name of the ex-CIA agent that's capable of dealing with every situation. Along with him are five others, Vincent, a French operative who can retrieve anything worth retrieving, Larry, the... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
There is little to be said about action thrillers these days: "The bad guy dies, the hero walks out untarnished, but only after a series of unbelievable yet stupendous action sequences." This holds true in Ronin no less than any other movie, it just presents itself in a different matter. To most easily describe this movie, the movie Mission: Impossible is the best example. Mission: Impossible was an action movie with a plot, a strange, twisted plot in that, where all common sense was lost and by the end, nothing was what it had been in the beginning. Enter Ronin. Full movie review »
