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Summary

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

Eddie Kasalivich

Morgan Freeman

Paul Shannon

Rachel Weisz

Dr. Lily Sinclair

Fred Ward

FBI Agent Leon Ford

Kevin Dunn

FBI Agent Doyle

Brian Cox

Lyman Earl Collier

Joanna Cassidy

Maggie McDermott

Chelcie Ross

Ed Rafferty

Nicholas Rudall

Dr. Alistair Barkley

Tzi Ma

Lu Chen

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Lucasz Screbneski

Julie Pearl

Emily Pearl

Godfrey

Chidi Egbuna

Gene Barge

James Washington

Nathan Davis

Morris Grodsky

Aaron Williams

Lab Techie #3

Daniel H. Friedman

Video Dan

Johnny Lee Davenport

Caleb Williams

James Sie

Ken Lim

Joan Kohn

Sarah Fine

Juan Ramírez

Raymond Peña

Nydia Rodriguez Terracina

Gabrielle Guerrera

Scott Benjaminson

Stuart Showcroft

Ned Schmidtke

Wisconsin Chief Schmidke

Randall Arney

DC Technician

Noelle Bou-Sliman

DC Technician

Joseph F. Kosala

Sergeant Joe Byczkowski

Ron Dean

Sergeant Nick Zingaro

Miguel Nino

Officer Miguel

Turk Muller

Dane County Cop

Neil Flynn

State Trooper Nemitz

Michael Skewes

State Trooper Schwartz

Margaret Travolta

Anita Fermi

Jacqueline G. Arthur

Jackie Mann

Tom Mula

Chicago Administrator

Denise Price

Receptionist

Rick LeFevour

Matthew Haig

Charley Sherman

Justin Tidy

Gina Raffin

Colleen Dryden

Pam Zekman

Rita Bliss

Lisa Tejero

Dolores Enrique

David Pasquesi

Al Vanzetti

John Drummond

Drummond

Cathy Herd

TV Reporter

Tell Draper

TV Reporter

Danny Goldring

Clancy Butler

Eddie Bo Smith Jr.

Yusef Reed

Michael Gaylord James

Jim Gaylord

Ken Moreno

Naldo Partida

Allen Hamilton

Senator Phil Schmidt

Dick Cusack

Senate Chairman

Nicholas Kusenko

Staff Member Stennis

David Michael Gee

Senate Guard

Stanley M. Span

Firechief #1

Ann Whitney

Barkley's Lawyer

Rich Komenich

Bar Patron

Afram Bill Williams

Bridge Controller

Will Zahrn

Bridge Controller

John W. Hardy

Train Porter

Mary Seibel

Older Woman on Train

Nina Beesley

Flower Shop Owner

Michael Shannon

D.C. Flower Delivery Man

Billy Haynes

Doorman

Walter Doggett

Gate Guard

Jack Kandel

Panhandler

Timothy J. Maxwell

Homeless Husband

Leslie Mikol

Homeless Wife

Rio Zavala

Homeless Man

Mark Morettini

Romano

Soseh Kevorkian

Evelyn

Christopher Holloway

Max Holloway

Jim Ortlieb

Orbit

Cheryl Hamada

Hamada

Mike Gray

Swizlard

Joe Guastaferro

Tunnel Foreman

Crew

Director

Andrew Davis

Screenplay

J.F. Lawton

Screenplay

Michael Bortman

Story

Josh Friedman

Story

Arne Schmidt

Story

Rick Seaman

Reviews

Rocketeer Raccoon

March 4, 2017

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 mediocre film. When I originally first saw this film I had no clue what it was about but now since seeing it with a better perspective I now know what it's about, I suppose the story in this does work well but this film does have it's problems, I'm not saying this film is bad as it's watchable but it's very plain.

The first problem in this film that comes to my mind is the music soundtrack, oh my gosh, talk about the wrong type of music for your film. Having the right music for your film is extremely important and the people that were behind the films musical design got it all completely wrong. In hindsight this is a chase film where the hero is wrongly accused of something he didn't do and is being chased by the police, but the scenes themselves are just "plain" and could have been better. I know I keep using the word plain but when I say this I don't mean it in a bad way, like I said the story does work well.

Overall conclusion, it's a mediocre action film that's not bad but it's it's just...well...plain.