Ronin

Ronin (1998) unfolds as a cat-and-mouse game across the French Riviera, where a mysterious briefcase becomes the focal point of a shadowy world. Mercenaries, including Samm Levine and Robert Carlyle, are hired to retrieve the elusive case from a quartet of rogue criminals. As the stakes escalate, these modern-day samurais navigate a labyrinth of double-crosses and violence, their actions dictated by the inscrutable contents of the briefcase. Director John Woo's kinetic energy and Jean-Baptiste Mondino's cinematography capture the high-octane tension, making Ronin a ballet of international espionage and lethal precision.