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Anyone want to venture a guess that Keanu Reeves was sorry he passed up Speed 2 to make this turkey? Both a ridiculous suspense piece about a renegade intelligence community and an ill-considered hunk of do-gooder agitprop about alternative energy technology, Chain Reaction makes Reeves and almost everyone else involved look about as dumb as dumb can be. Hollywood's own Little Buddha plays a streetwise lab technician who survives an organised assault on his hydrogen-power project. The FBI assumes he's really a spy working for some foreign power, but the truth is that a CIA offshoot is behind the project's funding. Morgan Freeman plays the ramrod-straight company man who sabotages Keanu's excellent experiment, and Rachel Weisz portrays a physicist who goes on the run with the alleged saboteur. Directed by Andrew Davis (The Fugitive), who seems more interested in seeing how many absurd places he can mount a chase scene than offering a solid clue as to who these characters are and why we should care about them. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Ah yes; yet another underrated Keanu Reeves film. This one comes from the director of "The Fugitive", and co-stars Morgan Freeman, and so has good credentials. Keanu acquits himself well and is both likeable and believable as a student machinist. His chemistry with Rachel Weisz (they're teaming up again for the forthcoming "Constantine") is also sweet and unforced.
But lets face it, this is the kind of movie in which you expect high-octane thrills, and in this the movie does not disappoint. There are stunning opening and closing sequences, and a superb chase sequence involving a bridge.
The DVD comes with one of those promotional 'featurettes' that aren't really worth bothering. On the plus side, the picture quality and soundtrack are both very decent. If you didn't catch this at the flicks or on TV, it's well worth a purchase.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By julia
Format:VHS Tape
This is actually a very good film though people did put me off it before i saw it.
The story follows two young scientists; Eddie Kasalivich (Reeves) and Lily Sinclair (Weisz) who are wrongly accused of a murder of a fellow scientist,just as Eddie makes an amazing break through.On the run from the police, Eddie and Lily confide in their 'friend' (Freeman) who is a powerful bureaucrat, but is he on their side?...
A twisted plot; how will it end? Will the police realise the truth...before it is too late?
Chain Reaction stars Keanu Reeves (Matrix trilogy,The Watcher), Rachel Weisz (The Mummy,The Mummy Returns) and co-stars Morgan Freeman. A film deffinately worth seeing.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By bernie
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Format:Blu-ray
Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) is first among his colleagues searching for free clean energy to better the world. On the eve of what looks like success a horrible accident (yeah right) dispatches Dr. Alistair Barkley (Nicholas Rudall.)
Eddie complains that it was not an accident so of course everyone knows that Eddie is the culprit assisted by colleagues Dr. Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz), and Lu Chen (Tzi Ma). While his employer Paul Shannon (Morgan Freeman) is unshakably not sure (why?).
As with most mysteries the only way to prove his innocence is to find the guilty.
All the parts are well played and the story is just in plausibility. The twists and turns will keep you intrigued until the last. Not too long of a chase scene.
Eddie complains that it was not an accident so of course everyone knows that Eddie is the culprit assisted by colleagues Dr. Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz), and Lu Chen (Tzi Ma). While his employer Paul Shannon (Morgan Freeman) is unshakably not sure (why?).
As with most mysteries the only way to prove his innocence is to find the guilty.
All the parts are well played and the story is just in plausibility. The twists and turns will keep you intrigued until the last. Not too long of a chase scene.
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What a film!
Great movie. Old favourite. Now produced in blu ray. How could I go wrong. It should be on everyones action movie list
Published 26 days ago by Andrew Kimberley
3.0 out of 5 stars
good but dated
was disappointed with this dvd as it seemed fine but three quarters of the way through it stopped working and was unwatchable which was very frustrating. Read more
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I got this film for something to watch/listen to while doing tedious, mind-numbing work at home. This work isn't difficult but is very time consuming. Read more
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Published 7 months ago by john
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I'm in the middle of a Chain Reaction...
So, having not seen this since around 2007, I decided to dust off a copy of it in a second hand store and give it a second chance. Read more
Published 14 months ago by DocReview
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Chai Reaction Blu-ray
A great action movie in blu-ray.I was on the edge of my seat from start to finish, the picture and sound are very good. I reccomend this movie
Published 15 months ago by Kenneth B. Barrett
3.0 out of 5 stars
A middle of the road chase thriller
Andrew Davis tries to recapture the same feeling of thrills here as he did in The Fugitive, and in some chunks it works, but the script isn't exciting enough to reach that film's... Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2010 by Benminx
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great acting and story
Great film one of Keanu's best performance as a sciencest trying to prove his innocence. Great acting from the 3 main stars in Reeves, Freeman and Weisz, the story is believable... Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2009 by Emma
1.0 out of 5 stars
Redressing the Balance
I first saw this film when it was released at the cinema and at the time declared it was the worst film I had ever seen. Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2004 by "www_ruffrags_co_uk"
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Keanu Reactions
As a fomer research electrochemist, I can vouch for the authenticity of the rather grotty warehouse and equipment in the University premises at the start of the film. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2001
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