the audience applauded

Sorry, this movie sucks

Just perfect...

Best movie of this year hands down!

Chain Reaction is not an epic, by any stretch of the word...but it is an entertaining movie none the less...Don't put on your pointy science hat, unless it is tin foil of course, because the scientific aspect is quite a stretch of the imagination, at least.And don't try to figure out why 90% of the movie involves a not so covert manhunt, by a secret organization, trying to capture Keanu Reaves...who happens to be a machinist who "machined" the parts for a cold fusion apparatus. He has no secret knowledge of how this break through engery system works, but we are to believe he is crucial to the secrets that will unlock limitless energy at low cost...Ok ok, I'm done with my rant. The movie is actually entertaining, so I gave it a 7 for that alone...

Chain Reaction is a rather older action-film of the 1990's period. Starring a fleshy Keanu Reeves playing a brilliant machinist who finds a way to turn pure hydrogen into energy; when he's framed for murder, he goes on the run with a colleague (Rachel Weisz). Chain Reaction is a thinly veiled work, though it isn't as bad nor good. This film is decent at best is overall a dull film. The action isn't as exciting or suspenseful as one would like. The chase sequences are competently orchestrated, as are the explosions (the beginning explosion, which levels eight blocks of Chicago, is particularly impressive), and Morgan Freeman does his best as Reeves's enigmatic, cigar-smoking mentor yet the cigar is never lit. The film is relatively also confusing at times and the end result is quite what one would expect from a film as this. Chain Reaction is mainly a forgettable film.

Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) is an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. He's a machinist on the Hydrogen Energy Project led by Paul Shannon (Morgan Freeman). Eddie is able to perfect the machine and sustain a stable reaction. Dr. Alistair Barkley and Lu Chen are about to release the results publicly. Mysterious men kill Barkley and blow up the experiment. Eddie finds the body and barely escapes the explosion. FBI Agent Leon Ford (Fred Ward) leads the investigation and the missing Lu Chen becomes the prime suspect. An incriminating fax arrives for physicist Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) and $250k is found in Eddie's flat. Lily and Eddie go off to search for the person framing them. They escape to find help from Maggie McDermott (Joanna Cassidy). Lyman Earl Collier (Brian Cox) is leading another secret project with Paul Shannon.This could be an interesting thriller. However the movie keeps trying to be a Bond movie. Keanu Reeves makes outrageous escapes. There is an evil underground lair with a Bond villain with the appropriate henchmen. They are also pulling from The Fugitive although I wish the FBI is a little smarter than they're shown. Everything is push too far. Everything is too convenient. The conspiracy is too big. None of it is too believable but some parts of this is a fun ride. It is a little funny to see Ted from 'Bill & Ted' become a super agent.

Apart from being a great action flick Chain Reaction also has a plot that is quite intelligent and realistic. With the ever-increasing efforts of powers that be to control everything from information to technology, this movie offers us a plausible scenario with convincing actors, well and there's Keanu. Shot in a style of classic nineties action flicks it has wild chases, explosions and fire fights and pretty damsel in distress (Rachel Weisz). This is the genre in which Keanu Reaves is the best, and when we add Morgan Freeman to the equation we got the strength and charm combined with smarts. Not to mention stunning Rachel Weisz in one of her early roles, establishing herself as an action heroine. Although being an action flick Chain Reaction is one of those movies that relaxes, you can just let go of your worries and enjoy in an almost sci-fi atmosphere and interesting plot.Eddie Kasalivich is a part of a scientific team that is on a verge to discover the process that transforms water into fuel. Of course if this should happen, global economy and almost everything else would be instantly changed forever, so the stakes are quite high. After they succeeded in the experiment, things start to get ugly as one of the scientist is killed and Eddie and physicist Lily Sinclair are framed for the murder. With the machine stolen and them on the run from the authorities Eddie and Lily are in a quite a pickle. Soon they discover a conspiracy that involves some unlikely suspects. Will they manage to escape and clear their name while trying to tell the world about their discovery is up to you to find out