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The Peacemaker (1997) 5.9
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Reviews: 149 user | 90 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com A US Army colonel and a civilian woman supervising him must track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists. Director:Mimi Leder |
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Dusan Gavrich
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| Aleksandr Baluev | ... |
General Aleksandr Kodoroff
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Rene Medvesek | ... |
Vlado Mirich
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Terry Hamilton
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Ken
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General Garnett
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Dietrich Schuhmacher
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Mark Appleton
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Senator Helen Bevens
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Santiago
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Dimitri Vertikoff
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Slavko Juraga | ... |
Stevo
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Two trains crash somewhere in Russia, one carrying a nuclear payload. A nuclear explosion follows the crash and the world is on alert... However, White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly doesn't think it was an accident... Special Operations Intelligence Officer Colonel Thomas Devoe doesn't think so either... Together they must unravel a conspiracy that goes from Europe to New York, to stop a terrorist who has no demands... Written by M. Belanger <belgrima@pananet.com>
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USARelease Date:
26 September 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Peacemaker See more »Box Office
Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$9,200,000 (Non-US) (31 October 1997)Gross:
DEM 12,468,976 (Germany) (19 December 1997)Company Credits
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[to Devoe, in Russian]
Dimitri Vertikoff: A beautiful woman, and a PhD. You're way out of your league.
Julia Kelly: [in Russian] You have no idea, Colonel.
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In her briefing about possible suspects behind the nuclear blast (as LTC Devoe walks in), you can hear Dr. Kelly name "Shamil Basayev" and describes him as a militant Chechen rebel leader. This is true. Shamil Basayev was suspected as the mastermind in the school takeover in North Ossetia, which captured more than 1000 hostages in September, 2004. He was killed by an explosion on 10th July, 2006, near Ekajevo, Ingushetia. See more »Goofs
During the car chase in Vienna, Devoe's Mercedes is alternately wet/dry between shots. See more »Quotes
Dimitri Vertikoff: [after Devoe introduces Julia][to Devoe, in Russian]
Dimitri Vertikoff: A beautiful woman, and a PhD. You're way out of your league.
Julia Kelly: [in Russian] You have no idea, Colonel.
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Terrorist films abound these days, as though putting stories about terrorists who make mistakes is supposed to make us all feel more safe. This taut, well-written and finely acted espionage film is different that those currently in front of us: made in 1997 this film in retrospect had a better grip on just how frightening terrorism is and how two-sided the implications of danger usually are.
Filmed with never let your guard down suspense, the story is rather simple: nuclear weapons are circulating with one headed to the US and the military joins with science in tracking the carrier of the bomb. George Clooney is in fine form as Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe, professional yet charismatic and his scientific colleague is Dr. Julia Kelly, with Nicole Kidman delivering a polished performance. And for once we get to see a terrorist as a person: Dusan Gavrich (Marcel Iures), despite his mission to destroy us, is a vulnerable, bruised human being. The supporting roles are well handled by such strong character actors as Armin Mueller-Stahl.
Cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann keeps the action lively with multi-angled shots and surveillance scenes and the tension is well maintained with the music score by Hans Zimmer. But in the final analysis the credit for the success of this film lies in the capable hands of Mimi Leder. A terrific little suspense film. Grady Harp