Ronin Review
by Simon Calloway (moise17 AT aol DOT com)March 14th, 1999
'Ronin'
by Simon Calloway
Cast: Robert De Niro; Jean Reno
Ronin is easily the best car-chase film I have ever seen. It contains scenes so thrilling, I had to grip my seat til the car came to a crash ending. The film reminded my of the 1997-Kurt Russell film Breakdown, in the sense that both films are breathtaking at filming suspense-filled chase scenes.
The story of Ronin is rather complicated. All I can say is that a bunch of international espionage, ex-KGB, ex- CIA operatives form an elite in Paris to thwart a briefcase from a power man who is hand-cuffed to it. What is in the case, I will not say. Although, Sam (De Niro) really wants to find out.
The rest of Ronin contains the group (also including Reno) trying to get the case from the "unlucky blok" with ways that even James Bond may have looked negatively at. But, Ronin looks 100 percent real, compaired to 1997's 007 Tomorrow Never Dies.
Do Sam and the gang get the briefcase? I won't tell.
Ronin is a fast-paced, thrilling, expertly-crafted, excellently acted spy film that put my faith back into action movies (1997's Con Air pretty much destroyed all of my expectations).
****
~TeenViews (c) 1999~
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