Dr. Julia Kelly (played by Nicole Kidman) is a protagonist in The Peacemaker.
Head of the NSC Nuclear Smuggling Group who initially suspects Chechen rebels but partners with Lt. Col. Devoe to investigate a stolen Soviet nuclear warhead. Analyzes trucking documents to predict the target as the UN headquarters in NYC. Successfully defuses the plutonium core by removing part of the explosive lens shell just seconds before detonation, preventing a nuclear catastrophe. General Aleksandr Kodoroff (played by Aleksandr Baluev) appears in The Peacemaker.
A rogue Russian Army General who hijacks nine Soviet nuclear warheads from a transport train. He stages a decoy detonation by crashing a warhead into a passenger train to delay investigation. Later intercepted by US Special Operations forces in a truck, where he is killed in a gunfight after his men are neutralized. Dimitri Vertikoff (played by Armin Mueller-Stahl) appears in The Peacemaker.
An FSB Colonel and friend of Lt. Col. Devoe who serves as the Russian counterpart to the investigation. He meets the US agents in Vienna to assist with the case but is killed by assassins sent by the arms organizer Shumaker during a car chase, prompting Devoe and Kelly to continue the mission alone.
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Characters
Dr. Julia Kelly
(played by Nicole Kidman) — protagonist
Head of the NSC Nuclear Smuggling Group who initially suspects Chechen rebels but partners with Lt. Col. Devoe to investigate a stolen Soviet nuclear warhead. Analyzes trucking documents to predict th...
General Aleksandr Kodoroff
(played by Aleksandr Baluev) — supporting
A rogue Russian Army General who hijacks nine Soviet nuclear warheads from a transport train. He stages a decoy detonation by crashing a warhead into a passenger train to delay investigation. Later in...
Dimitri Vertikoff
(played by Armin Mueller-Stahl) — supporting
An FSB Colonel and friend of Lt. Col. Devoe who serves as the Russian counterpart to the investigation. He meets the US agents in Vienna to assist with the case but is killed by assassins sent by the...
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Dr. Julia Kelly → Dimitri Vertikoff
(Alliance Investigation Partner)
Kelly meets Vertikoff in Vienna during the investigation and works with him to obtain information about the trucking operation.
Dr. Julia Kelly → General Aleksandr Kodoroff
(Conflict Investigative Adversaries)
Dr. Julia Kelly investigates the nuclear detonation and the theft of warheads, while General Aleksandr Kodoroff orchestrates the hijacking and later t...
Dimitri Vertikoff → General Aleksandr Kodoroff
(Conflict Opposing Russian Officials)
Vertikoff assists the investigation into the stolen warheads, whereas Kodoroff is identified as the rogue Russian general who hijacks them.
Story Analysis
An international investigation races to recover stolen nuclear warheads and prevent a revenge-driven attack on New York.
