MOVIE COMPANY: UNITED ARTISTS PICTURES
CAST: Starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard, Sean Bean, Jonathan Pryce and Katarina Witt
DIRECTED BY: Directed by John Frankenheimer
PRODUCED BY: Frank Mancuso, Jr.
RATING: Rated R
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118842
TYPE OF MOVIE: Action, Crime, Suspense
DURATION: 2 Hours, 1 Minute
In a world where loyalties are easily abandoned and allegiances can be bought, a new and deadlier terrorist threat has emerged – free agent killers! Featuring “high-octane action” (Gene Shalit, “Today”), a “first-rate cast” (L.A. Daily News) and exhilarating car chases that “are nothing short of sensational” (The New York Times), Ronin is the real deal in action fireworks” (Rolling Stone) directed by “a master of intelligent thrillers” (Roger Ebert). The Cold War may be over, but a new world order keeps a group of covert mercenaries employed by the highest bidder. These operatives, known as “Ronin”, are assembled in France by a mysterious client for a seemingly routine mission: steal a top-secret briefcase. But the simple task soon proves explosive as other underworld organizations vie for the same prize…and to get the job done, the members of Ronin must do something they’ve never done before – trust each other!
DVD EXTRAS:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, Digital Sound, AC-3
• Commentary by director John Frankenheimer
• Alternative ending
• 8-page booklet featuring stunning insights into the making of the movie
• Full-screen and widescreen anamorphic formats
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S):Â None that I know of
DVD REVIEW:
This movie is known as one of the best car-chase movies ever! I agree! This movie is known to be expensive to create and you’ll be at the edge of your seat from beginning to end. It’s that cool!
De Niro and the others were great in the movie. I was just really hypnotized by the action. The audio was digital 5.1 and some areas sound real good. Especially the engine rev’s! The color was pretty good as well. If there was any problem with the movie, I saw some editing cut-to-scene problems like four or five times.
In the extra’s department, this is where this DVD is lacking. It comes with a commentary and also an alternate ending. An ending that I’m glad was not included in the movie. But that’s it….no trailer, no deleted scenes (aside the ending) and that’s it.
Oh well….the movie is definitely worth getting on DVD. The color and sounds are brilliant. The store is riveting and I’m really impressed. If you want to own a movie with the best car chase scene ever (some say “Corruptor” has a great car scene chase), then check out “Ronin”.
THE MOVIE:Â A
THE DVD EXTRAS:Â C-
THE DVD OVERALL:Â B-