When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.
Practical Effects
That train crash? Full-scale destruction, zero CGI.
Direction
Mimi Leder's kinetic style before Deep Impact.
Acting
Kidman's barely controlled panic vs. Clooney's swagger.
Director
Mimi Leder
George Clooney
Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe
Nicole Kidman
Dr. Julia Kelly
Marcel Iureș
Dusan Gavrich
Aleksandr Baluev
General Aleksandr Kodoroff
Rene Medvešek
Vlado Mirich
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Dimitri Vertikoff
Goran Višnjić
Bazta Sergeant
Tamara Tunie
Jody
Gary Werntz
Terry Hamilton
Randall Batinkoff
Ken
Jim Haynie
General Garnett
Alexander Strobele
Dietrich Schuhmacher
Holt McCallany
Mark Appleton
Michael Boatman
CPN Beach
Joan Copeland
Senator Helen Bevens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
DreamWorks' first live-action release; Spielberg hand-picked Mimi Leder after her ER episodes.
Based on a 1996 New York Times article about nuclear smuggling — the 'suitcase bomb' panic was real.
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