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by bejbis , Mar 06 '00
Pros: great car chase
Cons: none
this move was one I enjoyed VERY much. it had everything I love, guns and cars, the car chase
scene was the best I ever saw and everything else about the movie was just great there was not a
dull moment. the action never seemed to stop and the...
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by NMD85 , Nov 08 '01
Pros: An excellent cast of characters, superb and depthful plot, a brilliant movie
Cons: Some dragging scenes, some hard-to-follow dialouge and details at times
Many productions seen in 1998 were less than stellar, many movies by the end of the nineties were showing a decline of originality while others were pinnacles of their time. When Ronin released, it introduced some of the highlights we’ve been missing in...
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by david.holmes , Nov 12 '99
Pros: action filled and fairly intelligent
Cons: a little confusing at times
Ronin succeeds where Mission Impossible failed. Mission Impossible was supposed to be about a team working together to accomplish its mission like the television show it was named after, but instead was just a showcase of how cool Tom Cruise is. Ronin...
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by 1-2many , Jun 06 '00
Pros: Excellent directing, writing, acting
Cons: None
Actually, my husband joked on the way out of the theatre that Ronin is "French for car crash," which captures only one part of the movie, but a good one. The best car chases I have ever seen are found in Ronin. I won't spoil it for you but I...
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by firstcontact21  - Top 1000, Mar 01 '01
Pros: Great action movie - it brings brains back along side the brawn!
Cons: None that I can think of...
"Ronin" is the new film that puts a European twist on the action genre. It stars Robert DeNero as the lead of a selected group of trained men who are immediately assembled at the beginning of this movie and sent out on a mission to find a silver...
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by cooties , Jun 02 '00
Pros: The motivation, pace, dialogue, and action
Cons: Katharina Witt isn't allowed to SHINE
If you see this movie - and by all means, do - pay attention to the way in which Robert DeNiro drives a car. Even though I know how his driving scenes were filmed, there is no point in this movie at which I do not believe in the events unfolding; when...
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by MK2K , Mar 10 '00
Pros: Ronin rocks
Cons: Some pretensions
My, how I've grown as a critic. Looking back over the review I did of this movie at the time when it was released in theatres, I am overwhelmed by how juvenile it sounds. It's one of those incredibly dorky, "this movie rocks" reviews. So...
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by ArnieHarris , Jun 30 '00
Pros: Plenty of action
Cons: confusing, uninteresting story and characters
"Ronin" is type of film that women would have to be dragged to it by the hair kicking and screaming, by those latter-day cavemen, otherwise known as boyfriends/husbands; which says more for the natural superiority of females than a whole...
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by qbert381 , Feb 23 '00
Pros: Great Action, Good Acting, Great Suspense
Cons: Loose Ends
Ronin
Ronin \Ro"nin"\, n. [Jap. r[=o]-nin, fr. Chin. lang profligate, lawless + j[^e]n (old sound n[=i]n) man.] In Japan, under the feudal system, a samurai who had renounced his clan or who had been discharged or ostracized and had...
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by isinga - Top 1000, Dec 12 '99
Pros: A perfect lesson in how to achieve subtlety with a sledge hammer
Cons: You have to really pay attention to avoid being misled
The legend of the 47 Samurai is one of the most honored of Japanese folklore sagas. It, like Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, is intended to both honor and praise the single most essential element of Japanese life -- a person's individual honor.
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by JohnnieRico , Nov 01 '99
Pros: car chases, shoot-outs, cast, plot
Cons: none
With all the recent pictures that are more hype then anything else, it is hard to find a genuine action movie. Most movies nowadays either have horrible actors, or have a "recipe script", or a combination of both. However, one recent action...
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by penbar , Jan 19 '00
Pros: Smart, gritty thiller. Great car chases.
Cons: Twisty plot becomes difficult to follow.
RONIN (English and French): Thriller. Ronin is the name given to Japanese samurai warriors who have lost their feudal masters, and are operating independently without guidance. In director John Frankenheimer's new thriller, this turns out to be...
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by WeslyMoore , Sep 28 '99
Pros: Sharp, literate, and intelligent
Cons: Genre appeal not universal
A slam-bang actioner that pulls no punches, takes no prisoners, and never slows down for a minute--except for an excruciating scene in which Robert DeNiro directs the removal of a bullet from his own abdomen. Director John Frankenheimer hasn't been in...
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by physstud , Oct 14 '99
Pros: Great gun fights
Cons: character problems
The plot was pretty good, but don't expect a james Bond tongue in
cheek adventure. This had more in common with a Crime movie like
"Heat". The characters are all tough and gritty, and the violence is
graffic and indiscriminate....
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by apresbash , Oct 28 '99
Pros: pleasantly subtle characters, top notch car chases
Cons: some will feel it's too restrained
Ronin
Review: Oct. 2, 1998
Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring: Robert DeNiro, Jean Reno,
Stellan Skarsgard, Natascha McElhon, Jonathon Pryce
Ok. DeNiro probably couldn't do all that running in real-life, and we
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