Ronin (1999, DVD)

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.

Rober DeNiro- what else can ya say? Car chases in the south of France. What else can ya say. Secret agents, double agents, Soviet Agents, and a few agents ya just never know about. This movie keeps you entertained, and it keeps you thinking.

The item was in good condition. It was shipped fast and on time. I recommend this seller in the future.

Ronin is a very exciting movie with alot of action. I saw a piece of it on regular TV one day and had to have it. I knew I would be able to find it on ebay. It is my type of movie with action, excitement, and a twist! I highly recommend this movie.

just a nice vechile for Robert Denero
good action and the story line was good
and there was a good supporting cast

I bought this movie because it has 1- A good plot, 2- Great actors, 3- If you have never watched it you will enjoy a suspenseful ride through out the movie. There was'nt so much that the plot overwhelms the watcher.

My son and I love old movies, even better, we love and ador Robert De Niro. My so was trying to familiarize me with the movie, Ronin, and I had it confused with another movie, so I decided to check Ebay, to see if it was available, and sure enought, it was, so I was detrmined to get it. I was successful in winning the bid. I watched the movie, and was totally enthralled about it. My son and I were both thrilled, after watching the movie, I gave it to my son, who was a haappy camper. It seems like whenever, I want something or need it, I have always been successful in finding and obtaining it on Ebay.. I love Ebay. THank you for th opportunity to express my approval and love of Ebay.

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Great action and great car chase scenes. Robert Deniro as always is fantastic and Jean Reno is a perfect addition. This movie should be a part of any Action or Crime Drame collection

Classic De Niro, and some of the best chase scenes ever captured. The Matrix Reloaded's chase scene was technically very impressive, but the ones in this film are jaw-dropping. Decent plot, too. How can you say no to Jean Reno? That's what I thought.

I've recently decided to replace my entire VHS collection with DVDs. Besides the fact that I'm saving a lot of space doing so, I do belive that the new DVD technology offers more features, like: captioning, alternate endings for the movies or quicker functions. Also, the price on eBay was half of the retail price for this item.