Action Movie Landfill — The Peacemaker

The Oddjob Pod returns for another edition of the Action Movie Landfill. A dive into the almost limitless mound of action films from the sell-through era in the late twentieth, early twenty first century.

For this episode it was down to Terry to choose and it’s fair to say that he chose… poorly.

Not for the first time Terry allowed his fond memories of a film from years gone by to cloud his judgement and selected the political action thriller from 1997: The Peacemaker.

Starring Nicole Kidman and George Clooney, this big budget blockbuster was directed by Mimi Leder and reflects that post-Cold War, pre-911 period where studio representations of US foreign policy was resolutely in denial of their place in the world. Watching back now it seems naïve. The film’s crude characterisations and dated tropes mean that it does not hold up to contemporary scrutiny and is best enjoyed with a time machine.

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