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Created Aug 26, 2012 06:24PM PST • Edited Aug 26, 2012 06:24PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   How did I miss seeing Ronin for so long? DeNiro is really great as an ex intelligence agent part of an elite spook-squad for hire and sent on a hunt for something everyone seems to want. Plenty of tension, action, shooting without gratuitous blood, some amazing car chases in crowded European streets (they must have had one heck of a crash budget), and an excellent double-crossing/double-twisting plot. If you are an action thriller fan, this movie will not let you down.

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

   DeNiro is a bit gruff in this movie, but as the sole USA spook on the international crowd, he’s fun to watch with his tough Bronx attitude: “I never enter a place I don’t know how to leave.” Indeed

   Jean Reno is definitely a leader of this cast with his macho calmness and authority.

   Natascha McElhone – cute, tough, and an Irish character – a combination that works extremely well.

   Sean Bean – who I guess is quite the notable in England, makes it apparent why. He fits right in to this action flick.

   Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd – a recognizable presence in newer films like ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’, ‘Thor’, and ‘The Avengers’ – he does great, perhaps even better in this earlier role as an incredibly nervous spook.

   Jonathan Pryce is also very recognizable from lots of quality roles. Ronin is just another.

5. Male Stars Very Good 3.5

6. Female Stars Very Good 3.5

7. Female Costars Very Good 3.5

8. Male Costars Very Good 3.5

10. Film

    Great 4.0

11. Direction Great 4.0

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Great 4.0

14. Visuals Great 4.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.0

17. Sex Titillating 2.0

18. Violence Fierce 2.0

19. Rudeness Salty 2.0

21. Reality

    Glib 1.4

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.4

23. Biological Glib 1.4

24. Physical Glib 1.4