Featured Audience Ratings

• Phil H

  
  I remember seeing the trailer for this film way back in 96 at the cinema. It looked really quite cool and exciting, Reeves was flying high at the time and it boasted some snazzy CGI, talk about deceptive!. The whole film seemed to be centred around one sequence. That sequence being… More
  I remember seeing the trailer for this film way back in 96 at the cinema. It looked really quite cool and exciting, Reeves was flying high at the time and it boasted some snazzy CGI, talk about deceptive!. The whole film seemed to be centred around one sequence. That sequence being the huge explosion that occurs near the start and wipes out a vast area of Chicago, nuclear in appearance. Now this was back in the days when CGI was still a newish weapon and big flashy destructive sequences like this were looked upon as impressive and breaking the barrier. Looking back it is a nice effect but of course its dated and the cracks are showing, but I'm not gonna moan about that. The problem is the rest of the film is really quite dull, visuals are dull, action is dull and the acting is even dull despite a very good cast line up. Reeves is his usual monotone self, Weisz is a complete drip and Freeman now looks pretty cliche in his natty Malcolm X looking 90's suit and hat. It really does feel like they wanted to show off their CGI destruction sequence so they made an entire film around that one moment. A completely by the numbers action thriller (if you can call it that) that covers every aspect you'd expect from the 'fugitive chase movie book'. Bland, boring, so very very predictable and the films title is one of those meaningless but cool looking/sounding types.

• Manu G

  
  Reaction Time 8-4-96 Saw it again! Good movie! Anyone want to venture a guess that Keanu Reeves was sorry he passed up Speed 2 to make this turkey? Despite the fact that it is instantly forgettable, CHAIN REACTION is a fairly decent sci-fi actioneer. The writers deserve to be… More
  Reaction Time 8-4-96 Saw it again! Good movie! Anyone want to venture a guess that Keanu Reeves was sorry he passed up Speed 2 to make this turkey? Despite the fact that it is instantly forgettable, CHAIN REACTION is a fairly decent sci-fi actioneer. The writers deserve to be commended for their original storyline, in which a scientific team discovers a low-cost fuel source reliant only on water.The action and thrills are never first-rate, and things drag on a tad too long, but somehow, CHAIN REACTION is better than the sum of its parts. Nevertheless watch it when you have the chance, nice cast. Eddie Kasalivich, an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, works as a technician for a scientific team that discovers an alternative, low-cost, pollution-free fuel source. When one of the chief scientists is murdered and the invention stolen, Eddie and physicist Lily Sinclair are framed for it and have to flee for their lives, with the FBI, CIA and other involved parties in close pursuit. Paul Shannon, Eddies mentor, is the director of a scientific company which - unknown to Eddie - has commercial interests in the invention. Eddie and Lily set out to find the stolen invention and hopefully clear themselves of the false charges.

• Sarah G

  
  Pretty poor but saved from being awful by the great Morgan Freeman and the brilliant Rachel Weisz. Pretty much your average popcorn film.

• Conner R

  
  Really, really bad. I think this is honestly the worst Keanu Reeves movie in existance. It's not crazy enough to laugh at and it's just incredibly annoying. The worst part is that the cast should've made it worth watching, but they all failed miserably. Just imagine,… More
  Really, really bad. I think this is honestly the worst Keanu Reeves movie in existance. It's not crazy enough to laugh at and it's just incredibly annoying. The worst part is that the cast should've made it worth watching, but they all failed miserably. Just imagine, Keanu Reeves as a Nuclear researcher. What kind of world is that?

• Anthony L

  
  Put shit in, get shit out.

• Jason O

  
  Shocked to see Morgan Freeman in such an impressive movie, wow..

• Dean !

  
  Need to see this again.

• Jani H

  
  A decent thriller by the makers of 'The Fugitive'. The plot has a lot of holes in it but the pacing of the film is good, which makes it easy to watch. Main problem with the movie is, as mentioned above, the script and the acting. There's no heart in it... Plain and… More
  A decent thriller by the makers of 'The Fugitive'. The plot has a lot of holes in it but the pacing of the film is good, which makes it easy to watch. Main problem with the movie is, as mentioned above, the script and the acting. There's no heart in it... Plain and simple.

• Curtis L

  
  okay

• Daniel J D

  
  This film isn't exactly noteworthy. Just the highly ironic combination of Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman. I can't think of a film/idea more deserving of an LOL.

• Emily A

  
  Another movie I only saw because Keanu Reeves was in it, but I really liked nonetheless. He's got great chemistry with Rachel Weisz and I really did like the story here.

• xGary X

  
  Keanu passed up the chance to be in the atrocious Speed 2 to be in the just plain awful Chain Reaction; it is the lesser of two evils, but not by much. Both ridiculous and boring, with an laughable plot, uninteresting characters, and ridiculously overblown action sequences. A waste of… More
  Keanu passed up the chance to be in the atrocious Speed 2 to be in the just plain awful Chain Reaction; it is the lesser of two evils, but not by much. Both ridiculous and boring, with an laughable plot, uninteresting characters, and ridiculously overblown action sequences. A waste of a good cast.

• Dean M

  
  Really thrills of 'The Fugitive' and 'Speed' from the guys who gave you both. A sensational action thriller.

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