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Sam and Vincent split up Vincent pursues Seamus, but is wounded in a gunfight. Amid the ensuing chaos from Natacha's shooting, Sam and Vincent leave the arena just in time to see Seamus kill Mikhi and steal the case. Mikhi surprises Gregor by letting Natacha be killed before killing Gregor and taking the case. Unsure where to go next, Sam and Vincent decide to track down the Russians one of Jean-Pierre's contacts tells them they are involved with figure-skater (and Mikhi's girlfriend) Natacha Kirilova, who is appearing at Le Zénith.ĭuring Natacha's performance, Mikhi meets with Gregor, who says a sniper in the arena will shoot Natacha if Mikhi betrays him. Gregor escapes with the case while road workers rescue Deirdre and Seamus from the burning vehicle. Vincent shoots out their tire, sending their car off an unfinished overpass. After retrieving it from a post office, they are pursued by Sam and Vincent in a high-speed chase. In Paris, Gregor is persuaded through violent interrogation to give the case back to Seamus and Deirdre. After removing the bullet and letting Sam recuperate, Vincent asks Jean-Pierre to help them find Gregor and the Irish operatives. Vincent takes Sam to a villa owned by his friend, Jean-Pierre. Seamus kills Larry and escapes with a reluctant Deirdre and the captured Gregor. Sam arrives to help, killing one, but catches a ricochet from the other when Vincent knocks away the thug's gun in order to kill him.

Deirdre and Vincent confront the two Russian thugs, causing a shootout. Sam chases Gregor Gregor flees but is caught by Seamus. The team tracks Gregor through one of Sam's old CIA contacts and corners him in the Arles Amphitheatre during his meeting with two of Mikhi's men. Gregor kills the contact, then has Mikhi - the Russian Mafioso in charge of the deal - agree to another meeting. He negotiates selling it to the Russians, but his contact attempts to betray him. During the gunfight, Gregor steals the case and disappears. During a stakeout, Sam and Deirdre act on their mutual attraction.ĭeirdre's team successfully ambushes the convoy at La Turbie and pursues the survivors to Nice. As the team prepares, Deirdre meets with her handler, Seamus O'Rourke, who tells her that the Russian mafia is bidding for the case and that the team must intervene before they get it. He is dismissed by Deirdre and the others continue the mission. Although the team survives and they get the weapons, Spence is exposed as a fraud by Sam. The team's first task before the main mission is to acquire weapons this turns into a setup. Deirdre briefs them on their mission: to attack a heavily armed convoy and steal a large, metallic briefcase, which functions as the film's MacGuffin. Conversations between the men show that they are all ex-government agents or ex-military-turned-mercenary. She takes them to a warehouse where the Englishman Spence and the German Gregor are waiting. The car chases, which were favorably compared with those in Bullitt and The French Connection, were included on several media outlets' lists as among the best depicted on film.Īt a bistro in Montmartre, IRA operative Deirdre meets with two Americans, Sam and Larry, and a Frenchman, Vincent. Film critic and historian Stephen Prince called the film Frankenheimer's 'end-of-career masterpiece'. Ronin, Frankenheimer's last well-received feature film, was considered to be a return to form for the director.

The film performed moderately well at the box office, grossing $70.7 million on a budget of $55 million.

Critics were generally positive about the film's action, casting, and technical aspects, while the plot attracted criticism. Ronin premiered at the 1998 Venice Film Festival before its general release on September 25.

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Professional racing car drivers coordinated and performed the vehicle stunts, and Elia Cmiral scored the film, his first for a major studio. The film was photographed by Robert Fraisse in his native France from November 3, 1997, to March 3, 1998. The film was praised for its realistic car chases in Nice and Paris.įrankenheimer signed to direct Zeik's screenplay, which Mamet rewrote to expand De Niro's role and develop plot details, in 1997. The film is about a team of former special operatives hired to steal a mysterious, heavily guarded briefcase while navigating a maze of shifting loyalties. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, and Jonathan Pryce. Ronin is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by John David Zeik and David Mamet, under the pseudonym Richard Weisz.

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