Very Cool!!!

Excellent but underrated film

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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.

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

This is a reasonable movie about generating cheap electricity and the politics behind it. It begins with a professor and his team working out a method of extracting hydrogen from water to use this as fuel. Every time the experiment is run the reaction becomes unstable, until Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) finds the correct frequency. After the experiment has succeeded, we see the professor and Shannon (Morgan Freeman) arguing. Later the entire facility is destroyed and eight city blocks are annihilated in what seems to be a nuclear explosion. Eddie and Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) are framed for espionage and decide to run from the police.The movie then falls into one and a half hours of running away from police. One could term this as action, but ends up to be quite dry. What resurrects the dead movie is the mystery of who Shannon is. At first he seems to be a scientist, and then we learn that he is the head of a scientific group called the Moore Foundation and that he has some powerful contacts in the government. He has a huge house, limousine and access to top secret bases. At first it seems that the FBI are the bad guys but we learn that greater powers are leading them around.The main theme here what should be done with cheap electricity. If we find a way for producing it should we keep it hidden from people or should we distribute it all over the world. The industrialists do not want this as cheap electricity base purely on water will cause huge economic chaos. With the petroleum companies some of the most powerful companies in the world, their collapse, it is feared, will bring about a complete social collapse. Beyond this, the owners stand to loose out if their fossil fuel was to become obsolete.Chain Reaction didn't grab me on the video shelf and the only reason I hired it was because Jackie Chan was out and my sister didn't want to watch Lost World or The Saint. I'm not that interested in Lost World but it was something. Chain Reaction is a movie one should hire if there is nothing else available.

This movie centers on the heroes being chased all over the map having been framed for murder and treason. They make all sorts of clever attempts to evade their pursuers. However, neither of them does one thing to change their appearance -- they don't cut their hair, they don't color it, and the Keanu Reeves character doesn't shave his beard. And the escape from certain death at the end is way beyond belief!I'm willing to suspend a little disbelief but am I supposed to think this is even remotely realistic? Naturally this plot contained twists and turns and bad guys who looked at first like good guys. But I found myself anticipating virtually all of it. There were few surprises except how transparent the story was.Sadly, I can't help wondering how so many good actors got involved with this lousy movie although we see that often in Hollywood.