Great Film: The Peacemaker
Solid first effort from DreamWorks
Let's be honest first of all. Did anybody think the first movie out of the
gate from a studio owned by David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Steven
Spielberg be an artsy-fartsy film? For what it is, this is pretty good.
Director Mimi Leder does a good job keeping everything going (she was less
successful with her follow-up, DEEP IMPACT), and I was involved the whole
way through. I like George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, but I will admit they
don't get a whole lot to do here. Like the similar MISSION IMPOSSIBLE,
there's not a whole lot of character development for the heroes, so the film
depends on whether or not you like the stars, and fortunately, I
do.
The one distinguishing factor of the movie is the villain, played by Marcel
Iures. While the one who steals the missiles is your standard action
villain, there's a gravity and sadness Iures brings that's unexpected in a
film like this. This is no sneering DIE HARD rip-off, but a guy who takes
an action because he feels it's the only choice he has, and the film at
least brings forth the notion that if that's how he feels, we the Western
powers are somewhat culpable.
Cast
- Mark Appleton played by Holt Mccallany
- Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe played by George Clooney
- Dr. Julia Kelly played by Nicole Kidman
- Senator Helen Bevens played by Joan Copeland
- Santiago played by Carlos Gómez
- Dusan Gavrich played by Marcel Iures
- Terry Hamilton played by Gary Werntz
