Film Snail

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The Peacemaker

R·1997·124m

Action

Thriller

Action

Thriller

Summary

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.

Cast

George Clooney

Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe

Nicole Kidman

Dr. Julia Kelly

Marcel Iureș

Dusan Gavrich

Aleksandr Baluev

General Aleksandr Kodoroff

Rene Medvešek

Vlado Mirich

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Dimitri Vertikoff

Goran Višnjić

Bazta Sergeant

Tamara Tunie

Jody

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

Slavko Juraga

Stevo

Aleksandr Peskov

Vassily

Dejan Aćimović

Kodoroff's Driver

Harsh Nayyar

Dr. Taraki

Matt Adler

Alan

Aleksandr Yatsko

Russian Corporal

Jared Chandler

Marine

Adina Porter

Police NYPD

Alma Cuervo

UN Representative

Sebastian Roché

Hans, German Backpacker (as Sabastian Roche)

Blaise Corrigan

FBI Agent #1

Jay Acovone

Cop

Thom Mathews

Major Rich Numbers

Bruce MacVittie

DOE Helo Tech

Ľubomír Paulovič

Pockman

Charles Dumas

Special Agent David Branigan

Ramsey Faragallah

New York Cabbie

Murphy Guyer

INS Agent

Leslie Dilley

New York Priest

David S. Lomax

FBI Agent #2

Gordon Catlin

Gunner

John Ottavio

FBI Agent #3

Hannah Leder

Piano Student

James Colby

Limo Driver

Jean Rogers

Sarajevo CNN Representative

Matt Winston

UN Official

Terry Serpico

Sniper #1

Jerry Dixon

Sniper #2

Jerome Jamal Hardeman

Pilot #1

David Lagle

Pilot #3

Louis Mustillo

Costello

Božidar Smiljanić

Serb Minister

Michael Potts

DOE Haz-mat Tech #1

Richard Poe

DOE Haz-mat Tech #2

Slobodan Dimitrijević

Serb Official

Martin Nikodým

Polish IFOR Soldier

Charles Cavalier

Angry Motorist

Dave Simonds

Philly Agent

Irmelin Mai Hoffer

Vienna Cafe Singer

Chuck Cooper

NYPD Cop

Jono Kouzouyan

Bazta Merchant

Evert Sooster

Praporshik

Branko Lustig

Man with Poodle

Matthew Sussman

National Guard Captain

Bill Christ

DOE Agent

William Hill

Agent

Bernie McInerney

Carey

Andrea Doven

Kelly Girl

James DuMont

Young Sniper

Mark W. Johnson

CIA Agent

Ed Semenov

Radio Officer

Bruce Gray

CNN Newscaster

Endre Hules

Older Major

Crew

Director

Mimi Leder

Screenplay

Michael Schiffer

Writer

Kevin Bernhardt

Reviews

Geronimo1967

September 3, 2022

Well at least there is some eye candy - George Clooney is at his most alluring. Otherwise, this is really all rather a dull and unremarkable thrill-free thriller that follows the antics of an American colonel "Devoe" and his handler "Kelly" (Nicole Kidman). He is a special intelligence officer, she a scientific expert at the White House - and both are concerned following a nuclear accident on board a train in Russia. Was it an accident? What happened to the warheads that were being transported? Is this a state sponsored bit of warmongering, or have the Kremlin got some rogues to deal with? Of course it falls to our not very dynamic duo to thwart the dastardly plan before the United Nations itself becomes a target. It's got all the usual ingredients - political machinations in Washington, Vienna comes in for quite a pummelling and, of course, there are pyrotechnics too - but the whole film is just too derivative. It smacks of a weak "James Bond" style affair, only without the gadgets or the power ballad. The supporting cast are adequate, and from the looks of it pretty local to the Macedonian location filming, but that authenticity does nothing to augment the pretty stilted dialogue and at over two hours, the largely lethargic pace of the whole thing. Clooney looks the part, Kidman looks uncertain and frankly, a little bored. I now how she felt.