The Peacemaker (1997)
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41% of critics liked it
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40% of users liked it
(44,995 ratings)
The first motion picture produced by DreamWorks SKG, The Peacemaker (1997) was a spy thriller that married the exotic locations and derring-do of James Bond with the high-tech obsession and post-Cold War politics of Tom Clancy. Greedy Russian military officers crash two trains into each other, the… More The first motion picture produced by DreamWorks SKG, The Peacemaker (1997) was a spy thriller that married the exotic locations and derring-do of James Bond with the high-tech obsession and post-Cold War politics of Tom Clancy. Greedy Russian military officers crash two trains into each other, the warheads aboard one causing a nuclear blast. The accident is a cover for the theft of some of the weapons for sale to terrorists and rogue governments. In the U.S., intelligence officer Lt. Col. Tom Devoe (George Clooney), isn't fooled. Neither is Dr. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman), the acting head of a White House task force on nuclear smuggling. Devoe and Kelly team up to find the nukes, and they are able to stop the transfer of the weapons in a raid at the Iranian border, but one warhead is missing. It's in the hands of Dusan Gavrich (Marcel Iures), a grief-stricken terrorist planning to call the world's attention to the war in the former Soviet Union with a nuclear explosion in Manhattan. Although fictional, The Peacemaker was based on the magazine article "One Point Safe" by Andrew Cockburn and Leslie Cockburn, a factual investigative news report about nuclear weapons smuggling in Russia. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mimi Leder
- Written By
- Michael Schiffer
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- Sep 26, 1997 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 24, 2000
- Studio
- Dreamworks
Critic Reviews
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...a frustrating picture with all the ingredients to be a truly outstanding action thriller, yet never quite achieving its ambitions.
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Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
The Peacemaker is a critical reminder that nothing's quite as dynamic as fully bloomed, gung ho, widescreen descent into possible worldwide destruction.
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Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
Another formulaic action movie devoid of any suspense, feeling or realistic sense of danger.
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John R. McEwen, Film Quips Online
HEY, HOLLYWOOD! THE COLD WAR IS OVER! Think they heard that? I doubt it.
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Jeffrey Westhoff, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
The plot works on a mechanical level, but "The Peacemaker" reveals the Bond movies are smart to oil the cogs with humor and sex appeal.
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Cast
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George Clooney
as Thomas Devoe
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Nicole Kidman
as Julia Kelly
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Marcel Iures
as Dusan Gavrich
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Alexander Baluev
as Alexsander Kodoroff
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Rene Medvesek
as Vlado Mirich
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Gary Werntz
as Hamilton
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Randall Batinkoff
as Ken
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Jim Haynie
as General Garnett
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Alexander Strobele
as Shummaker
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Holt McCallany
as Appleton
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Michael Boatman
as CPN Beach
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Joan Copeland
as Senator Bevens
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Carlos Gomez
as Santiago
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Dimitri Vertikoff
