

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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $60.2M
- Language
- English
- chicago, illinois
- fbi
- hydrogen bomb
- secret lab
- energy supply
- on the run
- conspiracy
- aftercreditsstinger
- angry
- frantic
- scientific research
- admiring
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-132 Aug 1996
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical126 Sept 1996
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical16 Jan 1997
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical31 Oct 1996
AustriaAT
- Theatrical8 Nov 1996
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical166 Nov 1996
BoliviaBO
- Theatrical19 Sept 1996
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1425 Oct 1996
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical1 Nov 1996
ChileCL
- Theatrical18 Sept 1996
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical27 Sept 1996
CroatiaHR
- Theatrical14 Nov 1996
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Chain Reaction was released on 2 August 1996.
Audience reviews
2- R5/10
Rocketeer Raccoon
3/4/2017
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…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
7/22/2023
I think it was Roger Moore (or maybe Michael Caine) who, when asked about some rotten film he made, said he didn't recall the film but he did the house it paid for. Well, clearly that philosophy was not just limited to the 1970s. Here we have another such film featuring the slightly unkempt Keanu Reeves ("Eddie") who is working with fellow scientist "Lily" (Rachel Weisz) on some revolutionary green technological adva…
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