Some films get lost in the shuffle and can only truly find their audience if: 1. Word of mouth gets around amongst a group of friends and spreads or 2. TBS, TNT or one of those other basic cable networks continuously shows a movie, so much so that it grows upon a viewer after the tenth time they've watched on a boring Tuesday night. The Peacemaker is one of those films which will hopefully fall under the first category.Terrorists have stolen a number of Russian nuclear weapons and the task of hunting them down falls upon nuclear weapons expert Julia Kelly and her military liaison Tom Devoe. And even though they have differing views on who was responsible for stealing the weapons and why, they find that they must work together in order to prevent a possible nuclear disaster.
From the beginning sequences, which showed the hijacking of the nuclear weapons, to the explosive conclusion the film moved at a non-stop pace as Julia and Tom attempted to hunt down the weapons of mass destruction. The action sequences were intense, though not excessively gory or ultra-violent and they were expertly edited together so that the audience was held breathless while watching them. The film succeeded due to the performances of the two leads. Nicole Kidman proved she could play a powerful woman in charge of not only scientific matters, but military ones as well. George Clooney did a good job portraying Tom Devoe as a “Clooney-esque” character. His Devoe was smug, smarmy, charming, and full of himself yet able to show compassion and emotion. Plus he had no problems effectively pulling off the action hero role. Clooney and Kidman shared a dynamic chemistry on screen which, along with the action and suspense, made The Peacemaker an explosively entertaining action thriller.
Grade: B
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