Ronin

(1998)

★ 7 IMDb · 2,777 votes

Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime

Year: 1998

Runtime: 122 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: John Frankenheimer

Cast: Роберт Де Ниро, Жан Рено, Наташа Макэлхоун, Стеллан Скарсгард, Скипп Саддат, Джонатан Прайс, Шон Бин, Майкл Лонсдейл, Féodor Atkine, Katarina Witt

Plot

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.

Ronin is the Japanese word used for Samurai without a master. In this case, the Ronin are outcast specialists of every kind, whose services are available to everyone - for money. Dierdre (undoubtedly from Ireland) hires several Ronin to form a team in order to retrieve an important suitcase from a man who is about to sell it to the Russians. After the mission has been completed successfully, the suitcase immediately gets switched by a member of the team who seems to work into his own pocket. The complex net of everyone tricking everyone begins to surface slowly, and deadly...