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Thank you one of our Producers for this amazing movie request!

Would you look at that... another 90s action movie (though not quite the same tone as the ones I've seen so far)

I do love seeing some Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings actors every now and then 🥰

I love thriller, intrigue, puzzles and this movie is right up there. At the beginning, it was clear that these guys didn't watch enough movies to know it was a TRAP! They have no excuse either, since Star Wars came out 21 years before this movie 🤣

Action packed, with a nice story to follow and a good conclusion too!

For this style of reaction, you need your own copy to watch the movie.  You can set picture in picture by right clicking twice on the video and selecting "Picture in picture". The right clicking twice is a bit tricky, because you have to right click, then move your cursor so it's not on the menu, then right click again

- Vero 😁

Thank you so much everyone for your support, I couldn't do this without you 🥰

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FULL LENGTH REACTION | Ronin (1998) [2024]

Reminder that you need your own copy of the movie to watch along with me since this is solely my reaction. The video is there so you can have an idea when the scene changes in case you need to sync up, but it is HEAVILY blurred so I don't have any copyright issues. Enjoy!!

Comments

ButtercupsTrueLove

I was watching "Ronin" on Amazon Prime Video but kept losing sync with your reaction after less than a minute. I tried for about 20 minutes into the movie but just spent too much time re-syncing. AFAIK, there is only one version of the film - no director's cut or special edition - so I'm confused as to what the issue might be.

Ron

Great reaction! Btw, I had problems too with syncing as others have, but the free Youtube version was perfect all the way through. (I had no commercials because of YT+). Out of curiosity, I checked where the films first diverged. it's around 10:48 on the YT version where Deidre's introduction is greatly reduced. I noticed that the profanity also seems to have been cut from the YT version (among other things). Maybe this is a commercial TV version of the movie?

JAKH

For your Robert De Niro poll: "Heat" (1995) directed by Michael Mann "Backdraft" (1991) directed by Ron Howard, music by Hans Zimmer "Jackie Brown" (1997) directed by Quentin Tarantino, story from a book by Elmore Leonard "Righteous Kill" (2008) "Goodfellas" (1990) directed by Martin Scorsese, *True Story* "Midnight Run" (1988)

JAKH

Jean Reno: "La Femme Nikita" (1990 original) "Godzilla" (1998 version) by Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich

JAKH

There was some controversy about this movie when it was released. The second chase, on the highway and in the tunnels, is set in the Peripherique around Paris and was filmed on location. This is the same place where Princess Diana was killed less than a year before the movie was released. People who don't know much about how movies are made didn't understand that the movie chase had been filmed long before the real life crash.

JAKH

The story of the 47 ronin is a real event from the Tokugawa Shogunate Period (1600-1850) "The Loyal 47 Ronin" (1958) directed by Kunio Watanabe "Chushingura" (1962) Know the real story before watching the Keanu Reeves movie.

James Hadden

The edit of this movie showing on YT is all over the place but I was still able to resync my copy when necessary. I’m sure there is a logic to it but it felt like random scenes where just cut short a little, almost certainly not affecting anything important, although criminal to shorten the final car chase. I enjoyed this rewatch as it felt absolutely like a first time watch for me. I’m pretty sure I hadn’t seen it since its release. The only things I remembered were De Niro and the most realistic car chases I’d ever seen up to that point. I knew nothing about the plot or other actors going back into it. Regarding the car chases I think they hold up really well and still better the vast majority of those that came after. I imagine they were given a lot of the Peugeot and Citroen cars free if they showed them in a good light (keeping up with the Audi and BMW as an example of unrealistic performance). I personally think De Niro’s expressions were the most realistic when driving at high speed into oncoming traffic - trained agent or not. The plot kept me guessing the whole time and I never knew where it was heading next. A nice combination of intrigue and action. Good producer pick. I wonder if no one felt comfortable telling the great Robert De Niro how to correctly pronounce Hereford. Stellan seemed to nail it though. Speaking of pronunciation I say Jean Reno basically the same as you just with more of a Brummie accent than French 😁

Chris Gronau

I wouldn't worry too much about forgetting everything you learned about the 47 ronin. The 47 ronin mentioned in the movie is a true story about 47 samurai who went to great lengths to avenge the death of their master, and became legends in Japanese history because of that. The Keanu Reeves movie is a *highly* fictionalized version that bears almost no resemblance to the actual historical event.