Ronin
Ronin is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by John David Zeik and David Mamet, under the pseudonym Richard Weisz. It stars Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, and Jonathan Pryce. The film is about a team of former special operatives hired to steal a mysterious, heavily guarded briefcase while navigating a maze of shifting loyalties. Ronin is noted for its realistic car chases in Nice and Paris, and its convoluted plot that uses the briefcase as a MacGuffin.
Plot
At a bistro in Montmartre, Irish operative Deirdre meets with two Americans, Sam and Larry, and a Frenchman, Vincent. She takes them to a warehouse where the Englishman Spence and the German Gregor are waiting. Conversations between the men show that they are all ex-government agents or ex-military-turned-mercenary. Deirdre briefs them on their mission: to attack a heavily armed convoy and steal a large, metallic briefcase. Their first task before the main mission is to acquire weapons; this turns into a setup. Although the team survives and get the weapons, Spence is exposed as a fraud by Sam. He is dismissed by Deirdre and the others continue the mission. As the team prepares, Deirdre meets with her handler, Seamus O'Rourke, who tells her that the Russian mafia is bidding for the case and that the team must intervene before they get it. During a stakeout, Sam and Deirdre develop an attraction to one other.
Cast
- Féodor Atkine
- Georges Neri
- Hamidou Benmassoud
- Jan Tříska
- Jean Reno
- Jonathan Pryce
- Julia Maraval
- Katarina Witt
- Katia Tchenko
- Laurent Spielvogel
- Léopoldine Serre
- Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux
- Lionel Vitrant
- Michael Lonsdale
- Nader Boussandel
- Natascha McElhone
- Pierre Forest
- Robert De Niro
- Ron Perkins
- Sean Bean
- Skipp Sudduth
- Stellan Skarsgård
- Steve Suissa
More details
| author | David Mamet J. D. Zeik |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | John Frankenheimer |
| editor | Tony Gibbs |
| genre | action thriller |
| keywords | arles amphitheatre british government burn capture central intelligence agency cia force getaway car good friday agreement government agent government of the united kingdom kill la turbie le zénith meet montmartre peace agreement post office radio broadcast road worker russian mafia shoot sinn féin stakeout track down unfinished wait wound zénith paris |
| musicBy | Elia Cmiral |
| nomination | Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film |
| producer | Frank Mancuso Jr. |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| recordedAt | Cannes Nice Paris |
| theme | chase heist spy |