Ronin

(MGM)

This John Frankenheimer film is heavy on derivative car chases and explosions and light on plot, with Robert De Niro putting in a sardonic if standard performance as Sam, who teams up with a crew of other rootless mercenaries -- including Stellan Skarsgård as a Dilbertish Eastern European computer specialist and Jean Reno as the erstwhile coordinator of the unit -- to steal a MacGuffinish briefcase for a mystery employer represented by a no-nonsense Natascha McElhone.