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Release Date: 30 July, 2002 Retail Price: $14.95 OUR Price: $11.96 You SAVE: $2.99! Cast: Complete Cast (8 total) |
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Ronin A Departure for DeNiro
That is Robert DeNiro starring in an action movie, though to kids not farmilar with his performances in Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas, it's not suprising to see him compromising his art. That's not to say Ronin's a bad film, in fact it's pretty good, but in retrospect it marked the beginning of a long slide for DeNiro that has yet to end. While churning out money-makers at a record pace he has yet to return to form and hasn't given a truly phenomenal performance since Cape Fear. This time he stars as an ex-CIA operative whose left out in the cold after the Cold War has ended. This leads to more than a few car chases and coming from the director of The French Connection, they don't disappoint. Natasha McElphone turns in another steller performance coming off of two of my favorite movies - The Truman Show and The Devil's Own. The locations are some of the best in film for a long time, reminsant of the days when that actually meant something. Buckle in because this is one wild ride and while not much else you're sure to be satisfied with the results.
Enjoyable spy story and excellent action
Ronin doesn't break any new ground, but it does its business very well. Robert De Niro plays a retired-spy-turned-mercenary with a fairly typical De Niro performance, but it's still enjoyable to watch him act, especially with a group of supporting players as dynamic as Jean Reno, Sean Bean, and the rest. The plot is kept rather obscure, but the plot itself isn't nearly so important as the machinations the characters go through. The writing clearly bears the stamp of David Mamet, but at least it's his quality side rather than his pretentious side. The action set-pieces are always competent and reach spectacular levels in the car-chase scenes. The DVD extras are just fine for a budget title, as director John Frankenheimer provides low-key commentary on the movie and on a deleted alternate ending of little consequence.
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