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If I was more of a Bratislava fan, I could enjoy this film a lot more. As it is, it's just a silly Hollywood flick, embellished by the dysfunctional Clooney/Kidman duo. Clooney plays the classic style that made him famous, while Kidman only distinguishes her role with her alabaster skin and new dark brown haircut, but otherwise both are bored through the film, as is the audience. (23/08/2017)

Back in the 1990s, a slightly above-average double episode called 24 Hours (the pilot of ER) really received a lot of attention. Here, Mimi doesn't come up with anything dazzling, but at least Clooney has some snappy lines, and Nicole looks good. There are a few solid scenes, and even the bad guy stands out (at least on paper, though not very significantly in the film), but the best thing about Peacemaker is Hans Zimmer's score. Yep, that was the golden nineties... You watched CNN during Desert Storm. Remember all those television shots from the nose cone of the GBU missiles slammin' into those trucks? Remember that picture? How it kept gettin' closer and bigger on the screen? You'd just about see the faces of those drivers and then... Zap. The picture went dead. We didn't get to see what happened next. Well guess what, Alek? You will. (08/08/2011)

Although the well staged action scenes are unfortunately interspersed with quite a lot of typical action clichés, Mimi Leder provides us with a rather typical “family” experience instead of “macho toughness”. George Clooney is, of course, perfect and Nicole Kidman can't give a bad performance. The locations change very quickly and sometimes it can be difficult to register them, and the editor doesn't help with the clarity either, but the film as a whole is reasonably satisfying. The thrilling final chase, nicely underscored by Hanz Zimmer's music, is captivating. The occasionally lackluster visual effects are not much of a problem. A decent action middle-of-the-road film, unpretentious entertainment for a Saturday night. (09/03/2006)