50
The concept is intriguing and the car chases are pure adrenaline.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
90
As is common in a Frankenheimer picture, the plot lines get a bit tangled in Ronin, but the atmosphere is tense, the style impeccable.
88
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Ronin manages to remain focused on the plot and the characters, even while staging increasingly complicated pyrotechnic set pieces and offering its share of white-knuckle moments.
70
A film in which the mechanics of the plot are far less interesting, and vital, then the interior landscape of men who exist outside the law.
67
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
It remains head and shoulders above what little competition there is by virtue of its stellar casting, editing, and above all, Frankenheimer's fluid, explosive direction.
50
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
Although laced with adrenaline and flavored with noirish seasoning, John Frankenheimer's Ronin is a disappointingly conventional thriller.
50
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
Ronin eventually becomes tiresome, but the pairing of De Niro and Reno never gets old.
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Rick Groen
What an impeccably crafted film this is -- slightly impoverished in theme, perhaps, but so rich everywhere else that it seems rude to notice.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
I enjoyed the film on two levels: for its skill and its silliness.