The Peacemaker

Synopsis: Two trains crash somewhere in Russia, one carrying a nuclear payload. A nuclear explosion follows the crash and the world is on alert... However, White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly doesn't think it was an accident... Special Operations Intelligence Officer Colonel Thomas Devoe doesn't think so either... Together they must unravel a conspiracy that goes from Europe to New York, to stop a terrorist who has no demands...
Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): Mimi Leder
Production: Dreamworks
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
39%
R
Year:
1997
124 min
2,302 Views


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(choir sings requiem)

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(Bells jingle)

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(Beeping)

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(Whispers)

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(Serbian) Mr Minister.

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Someone paged me, but no one's there.

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(Serbian) I paged you.

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Yes?

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it couldn't wait

until tomorrow at Parliament?

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No.

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(Speaks Russian)

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(Speaks Russian)

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Have our START friends given us

permission to do our job yet?

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Yes, sir.

And we didn't even have to ask.

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Something wrong, Sergeant?

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I didn't join the Russian Army to

dismantle it for the Americans, sir.

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None of us did... The world changes.

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We must change with it.

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(Beeping)

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(Speaks Russian)

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(Speaks Russian)

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Everything is ready?

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Everything is ready, General.

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Good luck.

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Thank you, sir.

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(Whistle blows)

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(Whistle blows)

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(Rumbling)

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(Speaking Russian)

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(Speaking Russian)

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(Beeping)

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(Russian) What are they doing?

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(Beeping)

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(Brakes squeal)

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(Russian) 8 minutes, 40 seconds.

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No time to relax, boys.

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Oh, my God.

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(Brakes squeal)

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(Explosion)

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(Speaks Russian)

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Oh, God. Oh, my God.

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calm down.

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We're going to die.

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We're 15 km away. Under a mountain.

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- I want my money.

- Be strong. You're an officer.

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- I'm so afraid.

- No, no. it's time to be strong.

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I don't think I am.

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Pity.

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(Gunshot)

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Take him away.

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(Beeping)

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What happened?

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I don't know, Dr Kelly.

Please come with me, ma'am.

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(chattering)

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(Man) I've got estimates on

cloud size comin' through on six.

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- What have we got?

- N0RAD's got R4 over sector 9877.

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it's been localised.

60 degrees longitude, 50 lat.

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- What about NPIC?

- Blast 40 minutes ago in the Urals.

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Two trains collided. one was

carrying warheads to cherbynsk.

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Nice hair. Very au naturel.

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Nuclear forces have gone to DEFC0N 3.

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NMCC thinks Russia will use this to

veil troop movements into chechnya.

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Not our problem.

Estimates from Livermore?

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Five to seven hundred kilotons.

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Mark Appleton's looking for you.

He's upstairs.

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- All current data on my desk?

- Yes.

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I'm gonna need a minute.

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- Radiation pattern projections in?

- Yeah, but those aren't confirmed.

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Confirm them.

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(Man) Russia, what a f***ing mess.

I miss the cold War.

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Get Essler down here now.

I need a translator.

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Essler's gone. He quit to run JPL.

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- Who did we appoint?

- My memo's on your desk.

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- Who the hell's in charge there?

- Mark?

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Mark? Excuse me.

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Sorry. Forget chernobyl.

This is... This is huge.

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Dr Julia Kelly, Acting chair,

Nuclear Smuggling Group.

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- Terry Hamilton, Security Advisor.

- We met last year.

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I'm briefing the President to explain

how, with our START team there,

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an accident like this could happen.

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It wasn't an accident, sir.

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I'm sorry?

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We believe that train was carrying

SS18s, which are one Point Safe.

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- What's she saying?

- If you fire a bullet at the warhead

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there's a million-to-one

chance of it going off.

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it must be ignited

by its own trigger.

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Would you hold this, please?

Here we have the satellite imagery.

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This is the two trains approaching,

and here's the collision.

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Now check out the field of regard.

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These shots are at the same height

cos they occurred at the same time.

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Look. The blast is two degrees higher

after the satellites passed over.

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Time between shots?

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Between the train wreck

and the detonation, 4 minutes.

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Somebody set that nuclear weapon off.

This was a terrorist act.

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Full NSC briefing at 9:00am.

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The Russians' accident story

will stand for now. No press leaks.

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Nobody shows up on Nightline.

Doctor...?

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Kelly.

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I'm putting your group on point

until I find a replacement.

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Yes, sir.

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Get me satellite overviews

and keep the updates coming.

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OK, State, we're gonna need

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Michael Schiffer

Michael Schiffer is an American screenwriter, video game writer and film producer. Schiffer is known for such films and video games as Colors, Lean on Me, Crimson Tide, The Four Feathers, The Peacemaker and Call of Duty. more…

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