Ronin (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) |  | Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Robert DeNiro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  367 reviews
Sales Rank: 33478
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: MGMD14481D
UPC: 027616144812
EAN: 0027616144812
ASIN: B000ERU9S2
Theatrical Release Date: September 25, 1998
Release Date: May 9, 2006
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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 McElhone, and asserts his experience on the planning and execution of the job--going so far as to publicly humiliate one team member (Sean Bean) who is clearly out of his league. The story is largely unremarkable--there's an obligatory twist midway through that changes the nature of the team's business--but legendary filmmaker John Frankenheimer (Seconds, The Manchurian Candidate) leaps at the material, bringing to it an honest tension and seasoned, breathtaking skill with precision-action direction. The centerpiece of the movie is an honest-to-God car chase that is the real thing: not the how-can-we-top-the-last-stunt cartoon nonsense of Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon), but a pulse-quickening, kinetic dance of superb montage and timing. In a sense, Ronin is almost Frankenheimer's self-quoting version of a John Frankenheimer film. There isn't anything here he hasn't done before, but it's sure great to see it all again. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
A FREELANCING FORMER US INTELLIGENCE AGENT TRIES TO TRACK DOWN AMYSTERIOUS PACKAGE THAT IS WANTED BY BOTH THE IRISH AND THE RUSSIANS.
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 Great Action Movie February 8, 2010
Byron Orpheus
This is, in my opinion, one of the all time best Espionage type action movies. All the actors do a great job. Awesome car chase scenes. One of the all-time best.
 okay February 6, 2010
John J. Kim (Japan)
Okay HD transfer but no commentary from John Frakenheimer? Not recommended unless you are a big Ronin fan.
Great European action February 5, 2010
Allartifacts (California)
This is really a great movie. The action sequences draw you into the story line, and of course, DeNiro is superb. Watch it and try to stay in your seat.
A Gem January 30, 2010
Quido Sarducci (West Jordan, Utah United States)
Great story, Great acting and one of the best car chase scens on film. Enough said
Great Action ! January 21, 2010
Chris T. Whitney (north cal)
Awesome movie! If your looking for a blu ray movie that has everything from top notch acting to non stop action,then this is the movie for you. The blu ray quality is crystal clear unlike some blu ray movies I've bought and had to return! The audio separation is fantastic in this movie. Nothing is more frustrating to me than buying a blu ray movie that is not recorded in Dolby HD, DTS HD or uncompressed HD. Isn't this why so many of us have bought blu ray players? I hate when the movie studios repackage older movies to blu ray and don't bother to change the audio formate. I don't know why but it seems like every movie Tom Cruise is in doesn't have HD audio, from the Mission Imposable trio to the Last Samurai. I feel if your paying for a HD movie, the movie should come with HD sound!! Anyways, you won't find a better movie for action than Ronin!
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