Chain Reaction

 Chain Reaction 1996

• Director: Andrew Davis
• Seen by this director: The Fugitive, Holes
• Based on the novel: no
• Cast: Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Keanu Reeves – John Wick, The Secret Lives of Pippa Lee, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The House by the Lake, A Scanner Darkly, Thumbsucker, Matrix x3m, Sweet November, The Gift, Feeling Minnesota, Johnny Mnenomic, Speed, Much Ado about Nothing, My Own Private Idaho, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures
• Morgan Freeman – Lucy, Transcendence, Oblivion, The Dark Knight Rises, Invictus, The Dark Knight, Wanted, Gong Baby Gone, Batman Begins, Million Dollar Baby, Bruce the Almighty, Levity, Nurse Betty, Amistad, Moll Flanders, Seven, The Shawshank Redemption, Robin Hood, Driving Miss Daisy, and others
• Rachel Weisz– The Favourite, The Deep Blue Sea, The Fountain, The Constant Gardener, About a Boy, Beautiful Creatures, Sunshine
• Why?  Good cast.
• Seen: 20 February 2022

The world (way back in ’96) is on the brink of environmental catastrophe (if they only had known how close in reality, and we’re even closer now). Machinist Eddie (Reeves), mysterious powerful person (Freeman) and physicist Lily (Weisz) are working on new technology at (sort of) the University of Chicago. So far, the tests have failed then Eddie comes up with the solution. The plan is to share it freely to the world. Villains have other ideas. They blow up the whole eight-block area, the prototype with it.

Eddie and Lily are framed, and the chase starts.

People really love to hate this film and almost everybody on IMDb give it rock-bottom ratings. I disagree. I find it an intelligent and still timely thriller, never mind some holes in the logic. The three leads are good as always and it’s very exciting. 

4* of 5