Synopsis
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.
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Cast
- George ClooneyLt. Col. Thomas Devoe
- Nicole KidmanDr. Julia Kelly
- Marcel IureșDusan Gavrich
- Aleksandr BaluevGeneral Aleksandr Kodoroff
- Rene MedvešekVlado Mirich
- Armin Mueller-StahlDimitri Vertikoff
- Goran VisnjicBazta Sergeant
- Tamara TunieJody
- Gary WerntzTerry Hamilton
- Randall BatinkoffKen
Recommendations
- 70
The New York Times
Culminates in a show-stopping action sequence set in midtown Manhattan, directed by Ms. Leder with crisp economy and furious energy. - 67
Austin Chronicle
By no means an embarrassment to the fledgling DreamWorks, The Peacemaker is instead a grand, noisy step in the right direction. - 63
San Francisco Examiner
The chief terrorist is played nicely with war-weary desperation by Marcel Iures, a Romanian actor with the sucked-in cheeks and ennui of a Jeremy Irons. - 50
Newsweek
Director Mimi Leder fills the mindless-action-movie quota quite stylishly. The trouble is, The Peacemaker thinks it has a mind. - 50
ReelViews
Isn't much better or worse than the average James Bond movie, except, of course, that it doesn't have the cars, the gadgets, the girls, or Bond himself. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
His (George Clooney) rugged good looks spell movie star, but his body language spells Don Knotts, without the wit. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
Ruthlessly efficient and utterly predictable. - 30
Variety
An uncommonly dour and even grim action thriller that globetrots as diversely as a James Bond film but offers a very limited view politically, emotionally and dramatically.
