The Peacekeeper (1997)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Frédéric Forestier

Writers:

Robert Geoffrion (writer)
Stewart Harding (writer)

Release Date:

15 January 1998 (Italy)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

Mass destruction just met its match.

Plot:

When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.

Plot Keywords:

Washington D.C. | U.S. President | Terrorism | Nuclear Weapons

Cast

Dolph Lundgren	...	Major Frank Cross
Michael Sarrazin	...	Lt. Colonel Douglas Murphy
Montel Williams	...	Lt. Colonel Northrop
Roy Scheider	...	President Robert Baker
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Hettinger
Allen Altman	...	McGarry
Martin Neufeld	...	Decker
Monika Schnarre	...	Jane
Tim Post	...	Nelson
Carl Alacchi	...	Holbrook
Chip Chuipka	...	Davis
Roc LaFortune	...	Abbott
Gouchy Boy	...	Robinson
Phil Chiu	...	Kong
Serge Houde	...	Secretary of Defence

Also Known As:

Hellbent (USA) (working title)
Red Zone (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:18 (DVD rating) (1997) | Finland:K-16 | South Korea:15 | France:U | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Filmline International

Trivia:

Kiefer Sutherland was to play Colonel Murphy and Louis Gossett Jr was to play Colonel Northrop.

Quotes:

Lt. Colonel Douglas Murphy: Wanna be a hero just like me? You're running out of time to save the world!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Ticker (2001)

Breaking point...

Dolph Lundgren stars as Major Frank Cross, a special forces soldier who is the very best in the army, and him and Lt. Northrop (Montel Williams !!!) are the only soldiers who can thwart "Cyclops" (Michael Sarrazin) from nuking Washington D.C, his demands by the way are forcing the president to commit suicide on live TV, suffice to say the peace is kept with an exchange of gunfire. The Peacekeeper is a modest take on Die Hard, with some suspenseful sequences, good action and a thrilling car-chase on roof tops. The Peacekeeper on all fronts is one of Dolph Lundgren's better films and features one of his best casts. Both Roy Scheider and Michael Sarrazin are always welcome presences to such an action film and Lundgren is in fine form. The main flaws is that use of too many scenes of bomb disarming which gets tiresome, also the movie has some plot holes and the film's beginning doesn't fit with the rest of the movie but as it goes the Die Hard route the film works and even has a great climax. Montel Williams is also none too convincing but once again the movie is a solid B.movie take on Die Hard.

* *1/2 Out of 4-(Pretty Good)