John Frankenheimer directed this $20 million international action thriller from a screenplay by Richard Weisz (pseudonym for David Mamet) and J.D. Zeik. In Paris, Irish organizer Deidre (Natascha McElhone) assembles a team to grab a mysterious briefcase from criminals. They are never told who hired them or the true identity of their targets. The hired specialists: Former CIA officer Sam (Robert De Niro), former Euro intelligence agent Vincent (Jean Reno), German electronics expert Gregor (Stellan Skarsgard), driver Larry (Skip Sudduth), and British weapons wrangler Spence (Sean Bean). After a Seine shootout, the action moves to the South of France, with a recon mission in Cannes, and a chase that brings everyone to Nice. Inevitable betrayals ensue, along with more pursuits.
STARS.........: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone DIRECTOR......: John Frankenheimer WRITERS.......: David Mamet, J.D. Zeik GENRE.........: Action, Adventure, Crime METASCORE.....: 67 TOMATOMETER...: 68 IMDB RATING...: 7.3/10 152,652 votes IMDB LINK.....: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122690 RUNTIME.......: 2h 1mn SIZE..........: 3.90 GB VIDEO CODEC...: HEVC (Main@L4) RESOLUTION....: 1920x820 ASPECT RATIO..: 2.35:1 BITRATE.......: 4000 Kbps (2-pass) FRAMERATE.....: 23.976 fps AUDIO1........: English E-AC3 5.1 512kbps AUDIO2........: Commentary with John Frankenheimer SUBTITLES.....: ENG CHAPTERS......: Yes SOURCE........: Ronin.1998.Remastered.BluRay.Remux.1080p-ZQ ENCODED BY....: Sartre ENCODE DATE...: 2017-09-19
Much better contrast/color and considerably sharper than the previous German Blu Ray