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Name: The Peacemaker
Director: Mimi Leder
Genre: action, thriller
Released: 1997
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 6

The Peacemaker has an iRankMovies score of 53.7/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Peacemaker (1997)

In the fall of 1997, every nuclear device in the world will be accounted for...except one.

Release:1997

Runtime:2h 4m

Country:United States

Director:Mimi Leder

Language:English

Genre

ActionThriller

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Keywords

HelicopterPoliticsNuclear MissileBridgeTrain CrashNuclear ExplosionTrainTerrorism

iRank54

The Peacemaker rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6/10· 66K votes

Rotten Tomatoes49%

Metacritic43%

TMDb6.048/10· 1K votes

With 49% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6/10 on IMDb and 43/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About The Peacemaker

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 of The Peacemaker

George Clooney
as Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe
Nicole Kidman
as Dr. Julia Kelly
Marcel Iureș
as Dusan Gavrich
Aleksandr Baluev
as General Aleksandr Kodoroff
Rene Medvešek
as Vlado Mirich
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Dimitri Vertikoff
Goran Višnjić
as Bazta Sergeant
Tamara Tunie
as Jody
Gary Werntz
as Terry Hamilton
Randall Batinkoff
as Ken
Jim Haynie
as General Garnett
Alexander Strobele
as Dietrich Schuhmacher

The Peacemaker facts

Budget: $50M
Box office: $110.5M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Action thriller maintains consistent tension throughout entire runtime
•Military authenticity grounds the international espionage narrative convincingly
•Director Leder brings strong craftsmanship to action sequences