Chain Reaction

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.

Cast

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

Reviews

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...

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