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Chain Reaction

Actor(s): Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward, Kevin Dunn
Director(s): Andrew Davis
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Questionable for Children
Movie Release: 1996
DVD Release: 05/22/2001
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 46 mins
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Total Copies: 31
Genres: Action, Thriller, Action Thriller, Chase Movie
See Also: Chain Reaction [UMD for PSP], Chain Reaction [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

Just as the university research team is about to prove that their new technique will permit water to be used as a fuel, their laboratory is sabotaged and the lab manager is killed. Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) stumbles onto the scene and manages not only to witness the sabotage, but to escape from it. When he tries to talk about it to authorities, he discovers that they think he and the other project survivors committed the crime. In reality, a group of energy companies have conspired with interested parties in the government to completely erase all notion of the existence of a way to use water as fuel. The project sponsor (Morgan Freeman) wants Eddie to turn himself in, but before he can do that, he must find enough evidence to clear himself and his friends. But in order to succeed, Eddie must avoid assassination attempts by the real perpetrators. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Actors

Keanu Reeves - Eddie Kasalivich
Morgan Freeman - Paul Shannon
Rachel Weisz - Dr. Lily Sinclair
Fred Ward - FBI Agent Leon Ford
Kevin Dunn - FBI Agent Doyle

Editorial Review of DVD

Andrew Davis' Chain Reaction comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, and DTS Surround, while a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer and a handful of television promotional spots. This disc does a fabulous job of presenting the film, but offers little of interest beyond that. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Sarah F. (keanupattinson) from INDIANAPOLIS, IN wrote on 7/8/2009...

This was pretty good overall. The science of it was kind of eh but otherwise I really enjoyed it.

Aimee M. (AimeeM) wrote on 3/31/2008...

0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This movie had potential, it had numerous great stars, and fairly decent special effects.
But somehow this movie has the feel of a cheap "B" movie or a horror film.

The characters are not developed well at all. The usual "romance" is not too romantic, with corny dialog and poor attempts at looking like someone cares. (Which is sad, because we KNOW the actors can do better, since they have in the past)

The plot too, had potential. Obviously it isn't completely believable, but neither is Jurassic Park, and we still like it! The plot moved along quickly, it was oversimplified, and not well developed either. The "dramatic" scenes were not dramatic. The "Plot Twist" was not a plot twist because... who else could it be? Duh. And the shocking violence was lame... they just killed off all the characters whose names you did not know.

In short. This movie does have action, and if you like action films you will enjoy watching it once, but after that you might as well post it. It is not the sort of movie that you want to watch over and over.