At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasalivich experiences a breakthrough: a stable form of fusion that may lead to a waste-free energy source. However, a private company wants to exploit the technology, so Kasalivich and physicist Dr. Lily Sinclair are framed for murder, and the fusion device is stolen. On the run from the FBI, they must recover the technology and exonerate themselves.
Keanu Reeves
as Eddie Kasalivich
Morgan Freeman
as Paul Shannon
Rachel Weisz
as Dr. Lily Sinclair
Fred Ward
as FBI Agent Leon Ford
Kevin Dunn
as FBI Agent Doyle
Brian Cox
as Lyman Earl Collier
Joanna Cassidy
as Maggie McDermott
Chelcie Ross
as Ed Rafferty
Nicholas Rudall
as Dr. Alistair Barkley
Tzi Ma
as Lu Chen
Rocketeer Raccoon
Considering that this film was directed by Andrew Davis who before this directed the hit film the Fugitive (1993), you would have thought he ought to put a lot of effort to making Chain Reaction to be just as great as the Fugitive. Unfortunately Chain Reaction just comes off as being a very plain me...
CinemaSerf
I think it was Roger Moore (or maybe Michael Caine) who, when asked about some rotten film he made, said he didn't recall the film but he did the house it paid for. Well, clearly that philosophy was not just limited to the 1970s. Here we have another such film featuring the slightly unkempt Keanu Re...