Ronin Poster

Ronin (1998)

R 09/25/1998 Action, Thriller, Crime 2h 2m
70%
User
Score
7.2/10
70%
67/100

Anyone is an enemy for a price.

Overview

A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.

John Frankenheimer

Director

David Mamet

Screenplay

J.D. Zeik

Story

Top Billed Cast

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Sam

Jean Reno

Jean Reno

Vincent

Natascha McElhone

Natascha McElhone

Deirdre

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Gregor

Skipp Sudduth

Skipp Sudduth

Larry

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

Seamus O'Rourke

Sean Bean

Sean Bean

Spence

Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

Jean-Pierre

Féodor Atkine

Féodor Atkine

Mikhi

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Media

The Story of Ronin

The Story of Ronin

The Heist Begins

The Heist Begins

Sam and Deirdre Go Undercover

Sam and Deirdre Go Undercover

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

First Team Meeting

First Team Meeting

The Arrow Video Story

The Arrow Video Story

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Poster
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Reviews

A review by The Movie Mob

Written on August 20, 2022

**A little boring with a great car chase scene.**

Even though Ronin had shootouts, great chase sequences, and classic actors, I was bored and on my phone throughout the whole thing. Nothing was particularly bad about this film. There were actually great parts! But somehow, the sum of all its parts just equaled a movie that left me wanting. Releasing four years after Leon: The Professional, this could have been much better....

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on August 28, 2023

It would not be fair to describe a "Ronin" as a rogue; more a mercenary without loyalty to any one particular person or cause. So, Natasha McElhone "Deirdre" hires a few of these to relieve a man of a suitcase that is bound for the Russians. What follows is as internecine a thriller as you will ever see. It's full of scheming and double-scheming with "Sam" (Robert De Niro) and "Vincent" (Jean Reno) never quite sure who is or is not on their team as the suitcase changes hands more times that the wonderfully elegant Katarina Witt changes her skates. Stellan Skarsgård; Sean Bean; Jonathan Pryce and Michael Lonsdale all help to keep them, and us, guessing pretty much right to the end. It does suffer a little from a preponderance of shoot outs that couldn't hit a barn door with a shovel; and t...

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A review by r96sk

Written on June 3, 2025

<em>'Ronin'</em> was somehow an unknown to me as of weeks ago. I say that because... what a cast! How have I at least not heard of this in passing in all my years on this Earth? That plus the type of plot makes this right up my alley, on paper I'd love it and, pleasantly, in reality I do too.

The film is particularly excellent visually, the cinematography is quality and the stunts are outstanding; even little things, like the initial old movie-esque end credit font is nice to look at. The score is also a plus point, which is evidently one of many bits that this has going for it.

Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Lonsdale... as already noted, this 1998 release features a stellar cast list. De Niro is the main ace of th...

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