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Chain Reaction

5.8(1,275)19961h 47m5

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

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Andrew Davis

Produced in

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

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    Rocketeer Raccoon

    3/4/2017

    5/10

    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…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/22/2023

    6/10

    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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