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The Peacemaker (1997) -- A US Army colonel and a civilian woman supervising him must track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists.

Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   19,228 votes
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Director:
Mimi Leder
Writers (WGA):
Leslie Cockburn (article) &
Andrew Cockburn (article) ...
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Release Date:
26 September 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Thriller more
Tagline:
This is not a test. more
Plot:
A US Army colonel and a civilian woman supervising him must track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(21 articles)
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User Comments:
Simple but effective action movie. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

George Clooney ... Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe

Nicole Kidman ... Dr. Julia Kelly
Marcel Iures ... Dusan Gavrich
Aleksandr Baluyev ... General Aleksandr Kodoroff (as Alexander Baluev)
Rene Medvesek ... Vlado Mirich

Gary Werntz ... Terry Hamilton
Randall Batinkoff ... Ken

Jim Haynie ... General Garnett
Alexander Strobele ... Dietrich Schuhmacher

Holt McCallany ... Mark Appleton

Michael Boatman ... CPN Beach
Joan Copeland ... Senator Helen Bevens

Carlos Gómez ... Santiago

Armin Mueller-Stahl ... Dimitri Vertikoff
Slavko Juraga ... Stevo
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and some language.
Runtime:
124 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Bratislava, Slovakia more
Company:
DreamWorks SKG more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
For the final scene at the church, the art director looked for several churches in the New York area....some accepted but when parishioners learned that the movie had to do with terrorists, they pulled out because they did not want to have that image. The final scene is actually CGI. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The damage Devoe sustained in the fight in the back of the truck disappears and reappears throughout the end of the movie. Also, at times, the damage is extremely noticeable and looks very bad, at other times it can barely be seen. more
Quotes:
Devoe: My personal agenda is my business. Now you are not in Washington anymore. You are in the real world, and in the real world there are nuclear arms heading for Iran. Now whether your agree with me or not, GET ME AUTHORIZED! more
Soundtrack:
NOCTURNE IN F MINOR, OP. 55 NO.1 more

FAQ

How does does Dr. Kelly stop the bomb from going nuclear at the end of the film?
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22 out of 32 people found the following comment useful:-
Simple but effective action movie., 25 December 2004
7/10
Author: Boba_Fett1138 from Groningen, The Netherlands

There is nothing in "The Peacemaker" that is new or something we haven't seen done before in an action movie. Yet the movie serves its purpose; to bring some mindless entertainment with some nicely done action.

Nicole Kidman in a main part of an action movie? Yes, Nicole Kidman in the main part of an action movie and who would have ever known, she is actually believable in her part but her acting is just a bit too standard and boring but yet like I said before, her characters remains believable. Thumbs up for that! But the best roles are played by George Clooney and Armin Mueller-Stahl, who is always great in a movie.

The movie's opening is really a rememberable one and is one of the very best action movie openings I have ever seen along with "The Rock", which was made one year earlier. After that the movie looses some of it's power and pace and we begin losing interest until the next action sequence occurs. Yes, it truly are the action sequences that are the highlights of the movie and make this movie a watchable one.

The visual style of the movie is also what makes this movie above average. The cinematography by Dietrich Lohmann gives the movie a cool action movie feeling. Dietrich Lohmann unfortunately died not much later during or shortly after completing the movie "Deep Impact".

The music by Hans Zimmer is most excellent. Zimmer and co really set up some new standards for action movie soundtracks in the nineties.

Standard action movie but well executed!

7/10

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