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Ronin Films is an independent television production company based in Belfast. We specialise in documentaries and factual entertainment.
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Production Office The Gatehouse, Weavers Court Belfast BT12...
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Ronin Films is an independent factual television company...
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TG4 | 2023 | Series in Production
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The stories of three Irish emigrants murdered in Australia...
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Everybody loves kids, everybody loves Country Music and...
- Rhys McClenaghan
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At a bistro in Montmartre, IRA 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 missi...
In addition, Féodor Atkine plays Mikhi, the Russian who is buying the case, while East German Olympic and World Champion figure skater Katarina Witthas an extended cameo as Natacha Kirilova, a Russian Olympic and World Champion figure skater.
In July 1997, Variety reported that Frankenheimer had signed to direct Ronin, making it his fifth picture for United Artists. Frankenheimer told the magazine he chose the project because it had a "very good script" and was "the kind of movie I'd love to go see ... What I like is, it's a character-driven action picture, and I have done those before,...
Box office
Ronin had its world premiere at the 1998 Venice Film Festival on September 12, before a wide release on September 25. Ronin fared moderately well at the box office; it was the second-highest-grossing film in the United States during its opening weekend, grossing $16.7 million behind the action-comedy Rush Hour's $26.7 million, at 2,643 locations. The film dropped to fifth place on its second weekend and to seventh on its third, grossing $7.2 million and $4.7 million, respectively, at 2,487 lo...
Critical response
Critical reception to Ronin was favorable; critics praised its ensemble cast, with many singling out Robert De Niro. Todd McCarthy in Variety credited De Niro with sustaining the film but a reviewer from the Chicago Reader disagreed. The film's action scenes, particularly the car chases, were generally praised; Janet Maslin in The New York Times called them "nothing short of sensational". These scenes were criticized by The Washington Post for their length and by McCarthy for their excessive...
Home media
In February 1999, MGM Home Entertainment released Ronin as a two-disc DVD that contained versions in widescreen and full screen formats, and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. The DVD also contains the alternative ending and an audio commentary by John Frankenheimer, who discusses the film's production history. MGM released a special editionDVD of the film in October 2004 and a two-disc collector's edition in May 2006, both of which have additional cast and crew interviews. It was released on Blu-ray w...
Cinematic analysis
The film's title was derived from the Japanese legend of rōnin, samurai whose leader was killed and left them with no one to serve, and roamed the countryside as mercenaries and bandits to regain a sense of purpose. In Frankenheimer's film, the rōnin are former intelligence operatives who are unemployed at the end of the Cold War; devoid of purpose, they become highly-paid mercenaries. Michael Lonsdale's character elaborates on the analogy in an anecdote about the forty-seven rōnin told with...
Modern reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 70% of 73 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Ronin earns comparisons to The French Connection with strong action, dynamic road chase scenes, and solid performances." In 2019, Rotten Tomatoes' Alex Vo ranked Ronin No. 101 on his list of the "140 Essential Action Movies To Watch Now". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 67 out of 100, based on 23 cr...
Video games
Ronin influenced the conception of the action video games Burnout[b] and Alpha Protocol.
Bibliography
1. Armstrong, Stephen B. (2008). Pictures About Extremes: The Films of John Frankenheimer. United States: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-3145-8. 2. Crosse, Jesse (2006). The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time. United States: Motorbooks. ISBN 978-0-7603-2410-3. 3. Pomerance, Murray; Palmer, R. Barton, eds. (2011). A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film. United States: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-5059-6.
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Ronin earns comparisons to The French Connection with strong action, dynamic road chase scenes, and solid performances. Deirdre (Natascha McElhone) puts together a team of experts that she tasks ...
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Ronin Films. The home of blue ribbon documentaries and drama from Australia and around the world, for more than 45 years: a collection personally curated by historian and filmmaker, Andrew Pike, OAM.
Sep 25, 1998 · The ronin of Japanese legend were samurai whose lords were killed. Left with no leader to dedicate their lives to, they roamed the countryside, free-lancers for hire. The same definition would apply to the rough band of killers who assemble in a Paris bistro at the beginning of John Frankenheimer's “Ronin.” They're an international crew. From America comes Sam (Robert De Niro), who the ...
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