Regie:
Andrew DavisCamera:
Frank TidyMuziek:
Jerry GoldsmithActeurs:
Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward, Kevin Dunn, Brian Cox, Joanna Cassidy, Tzi Ma, Margaret Travolta, Danny Goldring, Michael Shannon (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
De student Eddie Kasalivich werk als technicus voor een wetenschappelijk team dat een alternatieve energiebron ontdekt. Wanneer één van de wetenschappers vermoord en de uitvinding gestolen wordt, krijgen Eddie en natuurkundige Lily Sinclair hier de schuld van. Ze moeten vluchten voor hun leven, met de FBI, CIA en andere partijen achter zich aan. Paul Shannon, Eddie's mentor, is de baas van een wetenschappelijk bedrijf dat commerciële interesse heeft in de uitvinding. (Columbia TriStar Films)
(meer)Recensie (2)
We all have at least one movie that no one likes except us. Mine is the flop Chain Reaction. Not that the actors’ performances are anything to write home about or that the film has an original subject, but its over-the-top thriller plot, adorned with brilliant action scenes, is intelligently written and briskly shot – its 106-minute runtime flies by. Keanu Reeves gets the job done as the long-haired, falsely accused scientist on the run, Rachel Weisz is naturally beautiful and likable, and Morgan Freeman is the ideal powerful man pulling strings in the background.
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Andrew Davis and night-time Chicago go together like bread and butter. Otherwise, though, this is purely a routine action flick with a relatively interesting theme, but unfortunately poorly executed and poorly acted by Brian Cox. At least Keanu Reeves is a cool and sober hero who constantly shows that he is not a superhuman. What is sad, however, is the musical score. For those who have seen The Fugitive or U.S. Marshalls the music is almost identical in both films, especially the main motifs. That could be tolerated if Chain Reaction wasn’t so average and unremarkably executed.
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