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The Peacemaker

The Peacemaker

1997
Suspense/Thriller, Action
2h 4m
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, Dr. Julia Kelly, a U.S. nuclear specialist, joins forces with Special Forces Colonel Thomas Devoe to track the last remaining warhead and save the world from nuclear destruction.
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The Peacemaker

1997
Suspense/Thriller, Action
2h 4m
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Rated 23 Feb 2007
32
20th
SO funny and ridiculous. "It's a WJK-67 Type C bomb. Shall we open it?" Hahahaha.
Rated 07 Apr 2009
80
74th
Above-average thriller which juxtaposes a pair of polished white American go-getters against lots of grimy, downtrodden Russian/Balkan terrorists for maximum effect. This is Clooney's shot at a Bond movie, complete with globe-trotting, guns, and his own seductive charm. Meanwhile Kidman plays the eye-candy for the male audience. Leder keeps a good pace and level of tension, and while the ending is too implausible, it's one of the more memorable action movies with its unique style and flavour.
Rated 27 Nov 2018
50
13th
Clooney aka’s as a cliche yippee ki-yay yank who makes his own rules alongside his partner Kidman who aka’s as a snotty white female intellectual who can defuse complex explosive devices, but squeals at loud bangs, squealing tyres and can’t wear a seatbelt properly during a high speed car chase. This movie is about as tense as me putting corn kernels on the stove and lighting the burner: there’ll be some bangs and a bit of a show, but nothing amazing.
Rated 02 Mar 2007
30
9th
Passes the time.
Rated 26 May 2007
35
12th
Waste of time.
Rated 29 May 2007
5
20th
This movie = my childhood
Rated 13 Jul 2007
80
23rd
Eh... Clooney is okay. Gets real contrived at the end.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
54
33rd
A standard "nuclear device must be retrieved from the terrorists" movie. Clooney is entertaining and so is Kidman but there's really nothing great here. It's an action movie with lots of running around and not a lot of action action.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
33rd
It was OK. I wouldn't buy the DVD.
Rated 23 Aug 2007
3
10th
crap
Rated 15 Sep 2007
65
49th
Exciting yet uneven thriller. It works.....just not all that well.
Rated 19 Dec 2007
39
17th
Booooring first film from Dreamworks' film branch
Rated 31 Mar 2008
69
9th
Clooney and Kidman are the only reasons to watch this.
Rated 31 Mar 2008
50
39th
Nicole (brain) attached to telecommunication device with George (brawn) attached to 45 are cute enough. Takes more than a passing interest in faceless fatalities making the violence strong stuff. More than enough room for editing though, almost everything with the sad faced terrorist can go, and the deathly slow opening credits (sweeping grandiose soundtrack) and plotpiddling about, scenes are just that much too long, which breaks the tension.
Rated 19 Jul 2008
32
24th
not so good
Rated 07 Oct 2008
55
41st
Okay but not great
Rated 13 Oct 2008
86
90th
I like this movie way too much for its quality. It's a plain old action movie.
Rated 28 Feb 2009
80
35th
A decent star-powered thriller with pretensions to cultural accuracy.
Rated 27 Jul 2009
62
40th
I wouldn't call it severely underrated, but I'm really never sure what people's severe problem is with this film.
Rated 04 Oct 2009
38
26th
Run-of-the-mill action with Clooney and Kidman. The plot and concept are very tired and cliche, but there are some adequate performances on show. Ultimately however it is all too standard and boring to be of any substance.
Rated 01 Jun 2010
67
33rd
Not as suave as Bond, nor as contrived as the Devinci Code but has a feel of both. A tired plot line (think Ocopussy without the clowns) but fair pace and workman like performance. It seems a popular film to malign and I believe that's unfair. It's not going to be a must see but it's a decent thriller.
Rated 22 Sep 2010
56
20th
Fairly boring action thriller. Clooney was ok , Kidman was not.
Rated 23 Oct 2010
20
83rd
Sort of stereotypical for its genre, but I still enjoyed the film once it got going.
Rated 25 Dec 2010
4
0th
Good action scenes are set in the midst of a confusing, barely believable yarn, which yields diminishing results as one climax after another piles up.
Rated 09 Jan 2012
46
22nd
No good, maybe just above bad.
Rated 07 Jul 2012
30
12th
Pleasant enough for a short while to view the two leads seemingly enjoying each other's company. Then the absurdity engulfs all else.
Rated 24 Aug 2012
37
27th
I generally find Kidman annoying, and am not a huge Clooney fan, so I'm biased going into it. Fairly predictable / clichéed action flick. There's better stuff out there to watch.
Rated 24 Apr 2013
70
77th
Standard military/terrorism-themed thriller plot, with extraordinary execution. The level of intensity on display here is an example for all the slow-paced "action" movies that have been released since 2000. The 90s truly were a golden age for the genre.
Rated 30 Jun 2014
30
7th
clooney is a cocky colonel with maverick attitudes and kidman's a stuck up smart gal, who can disassemble nuclear bombs. you may now make your peace with your raging desire to puke.
Rated 02 Aug 2014
70
41st
Fast pace action. I felt sorry for the guy who was trying to bomb the city.
Rated 25 Aug 2015
95
63rd
The Peacemaker 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. The movie is likely to keep an audience's attention. As the debut feature of a new production company, it isn't likely to be an unmitigated failure, but neither will it prove to be a stunning financial success. Despite all the bullets, bodies, and bangs, Dreamworks is not off to a flying start.
Rated 27 Jun 2016
35
38th
#16#, rw2, popcorn, Nicole.K!/10a5, oldies(3) }**{ #90s#, popcorn, story, Nicole.K
Rated 30 Aug 2019
61
46th
From what I vaguely recall from watching this 20+ years ago it was decently entertaining. Nothing out of the ordinary from the sub-genre, but well acted and well made.
Rated 14 Jun 2020
58
25th
I've watched and enjoyed many brainless action movies in my life, but it was as if I couldn't get into this one for most of it. Still some interesting scenes but that was about it
Rated 27 Nov 2021
70
66th
Plenty of plot holes and a messy final act but I still liked this more than most 90s American action films. Clooney and Kidman are charming enough (perhaps overbearingly so) and the train hijacking scene is still great after all these years. Heavily influenced by Tom Clancy's popularity at the time. Mimi Leder was ahead of her time as an action film director. Too bad Hollywood railroaded her after Pay It Forward.
Rated 05 Jan 2022
75
48th
A Bond film as if written by Tom Clancy - told in a suspiciously complicated and convoluted way to give it a veneer of sophistication, this is at heart an old-fashioned, star driven actioner; Clooney and Kidman are both rock solid and authoritative here, keeping the film on track as it gets more complex (and silly) towards the finale. Leder directs her action sequences well, eliciting tension from the most timeworn suspense situations (overwrought it may be, the finale is undeniably exciting!)

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