3.6 Score

1996 • 1h 47min • PG-13 • Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

Chain Reaction

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.

IMDb 5.7

RT 18%

MC 43

Director

Andrew Davis

Writers

J.F. Lawton

Michael Bortman

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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

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