00:00We're fortunate enough to be blessed with a ton of great car chases in cinema.
00:04Bullet, The French Connection, To Live and Die in LA, hey, even the Blues Brothers has a great car chase.
00:10For my money's worth though, I think the best car chase ever is in John Frankenheimer's Ronin,
00:15a somewhat forgotten post-Cold War action thriller that stars Robert De Niro, Jean Renaud, and Sean Bean, among others.
00:22Ronin is a great film that poses a great question.
00:26What do Cold Warriors do when there's no Cold War?
00:29Turns out it's to get behind the wheel of a BMW and burn rubber through the streets of Nice and
00:34Paris.
00:35Both of the big car chases here are excellent, but the second is truly breathtaking,
00:40with De Niro and Renault closing the gap on their target through the city streets.
00:44Definitely give Ronin a watch if you haven't already, and if you have, just watch it again.
00:49It's peak dad cinema, with some punchy shootouts and a fun twisty plot.
00:53I'll be right back.
