Ronin (1998)

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Hell yeah

Holy shit time capsule - I was just listening to the Superman (1978) episode and then listened to this where they both discuss the Christopher Reeve/Marlon Brando Letterman interview. Wild.

I have this theory that De Niro and Bean were part of a joint intelligence mission, and Bean's job was to play a fraud in order to secure De Niro's position in the group

I saw this movie sitting next to a clean shaved head and eyebrows Keanu Reeves at the Century City Mall theaters. After the movie he looked at me and said “wow” and then put his motorcycle helmet on and walked out. I had no idea why his head was completely shaved until a year later with The Matrix.

'i blew cocaine in a straw into macho camacho's ass..........sorry.'

Hell yea.

Blind Fury

I might have missed this being mentioned, but the alternate ending to this movie is dark as fuck.

This was one of my favorite action movies when I was a kid but I didnt truly get. I saw this in the theaters with my father who was a Marine for 20 years and he kept on leaning over and saying “ Robert De Niro fucking brilliant ”. This movie is always stuck with me but now being 34 I truly understand it finally thank you for the enlightenment. Oh by the way I told my dad Schwarzenegger can still kick the De Niro’s ass During the movie he said you are dreaming. Lol

I don't give care if they are forced to do the pod on zoom, I still love it and look forward to it every week. This is probably my first non sarcastic post. Suck it

In case anyone was wondering - Yes, this is the most recent movie excluding Mod-ren March as it's the only movie from 1998. The 1997 movies they've done so far are (with release dates): Cop Land - Aug 15, 1997 Air Force One - Jul 25, 1997 Face/Off - Jun 27, 1997 Con Air - Jun 6, 1997 Anaconda - Apr 11, 1997 Donnie Brasco - Feb 28, 1997 And yes, the floors are waxed and the desks are straight.

Is the "make another character reveal his great reflexes by getting him to catch a falling cup" move that De Niro does at the beginning specifically a reference to old kung-fu movies?

Why is the google suggested search after ryan stanger, ryan stanger death, when no one ever cared he was alive? But in all seriousness, he is my favorite action boy. Thanks for finally doing Ronin boyz!!

Watched it last night, and I’m not sure why Sam let Deirdre go, as she was completely down with her boss’s plan? Was it that he knew she was defeated and didn’t want another body on his hands/conscience?

Any chance can we get the brownie recipe Stanger talked about

“I just” .... “well, I” ... ”oh sorry, you go first”........ “gill-slits”. This episode is the king of Action Interruptions™️

Man as soon as Rodgers said "have you guys seen" I would have bet anything he was going to say all of the Covid themed porn on the tube sites, not the erotica books. What a swerve. Who are these sick freaks making Crystal Lust shoot to the top of those sites and how did she get so much PPE?

What even ith this movie?

Blind Fury

Shout out to the IB kids.

The tool Sam uses is called a simulator. We use them them to train fire discipline on training cycles in the Army. If you fire instinctively when you make contact from an unknown direction. I did pushups for about 2 hours

The Boyz should cover the Frankenheimer sleeper "Dead Bang" in a future ep.

Not two, but three Bond baddies- Price, Bean, and Lonsdale

I watched this movie endlessly as a teen, and watched it again to listen to this, it was fun going back. I think the Sam/Deirdre car chase might be my favourite movie car chase ever. Didn't appreciate until now what a bombshell McElhone is. Great movie, great episode.

Stanger, I want that brownie recipe, bud.

It’s funny that Stanger connected Nedry and Harry Knowkes cause the actor that played Dodgson is also a sex offender. Would have been a deal between pervs.

Is this maybe the movie with the most bystanders getting shot?

Hands down my favorite car (& driver) in an action movie. “Car wise, the star of the 1998 movie “Ronin” is the 1998 Audi S8, specifically requested by driving expert, Larry (Skip Sudduth)... and with Audi’s signature quarto all-wheel drive it was the perfect car to chase down a valuable briefcase while driving on narrow city streets, and steep dirt roads.”

If you’d asked me before this if ABZ would ever reference Wally Wood’s 22 Panels, I would have lost that bet. Killer ep, and still one of my absolute favorite 90s movies.

I adore this film. The only thing that bothers me is when De Niro catches Bean out with the boat house in Hereford trap but De Niro is pronouncing "Hereford" completely incorrectly.

For the nothing this is worth: I could never sleep on my back until I got a memory foam mattress from a company that does a lot of podcast advertising.

I looked up Wood’s “22 panels that always work” and I just love everything about it. Thanks for the reference

If you want to explore those Parker books Darwyn Cooke wrote and drew some graphic novels of them too.

5:23 For real. I'm paying so I mean that in the best way, obviousilly

Ronin, huh? Never heard of it.

Okay, I'm gonna be 100% real with you guys: Are you recording in separate locations just as a way to get out of kissing Stanger? That's messed up, dudes.

They're running out of movies, and I'm a film buff.

I love my beautiful, sweet, funny Action Boyz and I smile when I think about cuddling them.