 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 imposing 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 . " 
