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The Dominator reviews

The Peacemaker

This is not a test.
In the fall of 1997, every nuclear device in the world will be accounted
for... Except one.
How do you get the world's attention?

Distributed by
United International Pictures / Dreamworks SKG

Viewed at Manchester Showcase Cinemas.
Telephone 0161 220 8765 for programme information

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T en nuclear devices have been stolen by the Russians in an operation led by the evil Alexsander Kodoroff. In an attempt to throw any investigators off the scent, they place one on a train full of Russian soldiers going across the country, and straight into the path of another train. As those left alive on the second train stagger off, there's only a delay of a few minutes before the device explodes making mincemeat of the passengers and the Russian farming couple who get out of bed to see the state of the damage on the track.

Nicole Kidman plays Dr. Julia Kelly, who is in charge of an operational team to track down who's behind the bomb and find a way to track them down and stop them detonating another one, although why would they detonate one in the first place when they can sell for $200 million apiece?

George Clooney is her military liaison officer, Thomas Devoe, who throws in his opinions on the crisis more loudly than anyone else's, and it's not long before the two head off together to have a word, so to speak, with the man who sold a truck to Kodoroff and is using it to escape across the Iranian border with the remaining nine nuclear devices. As the film progresses, there soon becomes one left, and a Bosnian activist, masquering in his home town as a piano teacher is bringing it to the United States of America...

George Clooney has now found his way into the A-list of Hollywood following his other recent successes after being brought to the fore by the television series, E.R. which started a third run on Sky television recently. The role isn't one that demands a great deal of acting talent, but Clooney is the type of star who can carry such a film to its eventual conclusion, while providing the swoon-interest for the girls watching.
It's notable that this is the first big film in which Clooney's name has appeared first in the credits. In From Dusk Till Dawn he played second fiddle to Harvey Keitel; in One Fine Day, his name appeared after that of Michelle Pfeiffer, and Arnold Schwarzenegger topped the bill in the summer blockbuster, Batman and Robin.

Nicole Kidman puts in a reasonable performance in this film. I'm not a particular fan of hers, but I was not sitting waiting for her to move off the screen, so she must have done well. However, I can't quite see any Australian model-turned-actress taking on a job which would involve life or death decisions such as those she makes in the film, but then again this is Hollywood.

This is the first major studio film for its director, Mimi Leder who cut her teeth on a number of TV movies, plus episodes of E.R., and she certainly makes a successful job of keeping the film going inbetween the action set-pieces, which include a car smash-up in Vienna as Clooney attempts to exact revenge on the bad guys who offed his best friend, Dimitri, played by Armin Mueller-Stahl, and a three-strong helicopter attack on the truck driven by Kodoroff heading for the Iranian border.

This is also a first for the film company, Dreamworks SKG, headed by Steven Spielberg, who are hoping for a mega-success.

Mimi Leder's next film will be Deep Impact also released by Dreamworks SKG, and with an impressive cast including James Cromwell, Denise Crosby, Robert Duvall, Morgan Freeman and Tea Leoni, and another music score from Hans Zimmer.

Overall, this is a film that comes recommended, although in essence, there's not a lot we've not seen before, but it's a good shot for Mimi Leder who also has an interesting visual style which occasionally makes the most of the 2.35:1 widescreen frame, so after you've seen this at the cinema, and want to buy the video when it comes out in twelve months, make sure it's widescreen.

There's a lot riding on this film, it being the first for the production company, and in my opinion it comes off as successful as the average actioner.

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 1997.

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