in 1997, dolph starred in frédéric forestier's "the peacekeeper", playing major frank cross of the us air force and the only man who can prevent the president being assassinated and with the ability to thwart an imminent nuclear holocaust. the threat is from a terrorist group, which has stolen the president's personal communications computer with the capability of launching the us arsenal to threaten global security. the film co-starred michael sarrazin, montel williams, roy scheider and christopher heyerdahl, and was shot on location in montreal. the film was praised for its exciting action sequences. doug pratt described the first half of the film as "excellent" and described dolph's character as "tenacious", although robert cettl wrote "the peacekeeper trades on the presence of b-movie action star dolph lundgren, an actor who never became as popular as his action contemporaries jean-claude van damme and steven seagal."