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Summary: A complex suspense thriller!
Review: Keanu Reeves stars along with Morgan Freeman in "Chain Reaction," a complex suspense thriller. "Chain Reaction" has a more complex plot line than your traditional action movie which basically involves a lot of explosions and chases. That's not to say that "Chain Reaction" doesn't have it's share. The action scenes in the middle of Chicago, the suspense on the bridge, as well as the scenes on Lake Geneva and at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay. This is not to make lightly of the unique story -about a cleaner, cheaper energy that may or may not set off a worldwide economic recession. The contrasting ideas and motives of the FBI, CIA, and C-Systems keep you guessing about who's on your side. And what about Morgan Freeman?...
Chain Reaction's action sequences and compelling plot make it a movie well worth watching multiple times. And although the DVD doesn't offer that many extra features, the DTS 5.1 Surround Sound is enough of a reason in its own right to get the DVD. You find your experiment going hay-wire, you find your team dead, and eight city Chicago blocks are blown up. Someone is trying to frame you..Where do you go? Who do you trust?
Rating: 
Summary: Fun, but scientifically illiterate
Review: The people who put this flick together apparently don't understand the difference between combustion and nuclear fusion. I don't want to sound like a Puritan here, but come on! They shouldn't need a science advisor on the set to know something as simple as this ... all they need is somebody with a high school education.
Having said that, the movie wasn't completely worthless. After I got over my initial irritation during the first ten minutes, I sort of got into the movie. Some of the chases were sort of fun, and the special effects were pretty cool. Morgan Freeman is always cool, even if he seems to play pretty much the same character in every movie. Keanu Reeves did a marginal job, which for him is an improvement (we all love the guy, but even he knows that he can't act).
Near the end, there is more of the weird hydrogen combustion - nuclear fusion, which brought back initial irritation. Do these people in Hollywood drop out of school after the sixth grade? Duh!
Rating:
Summary: exploding with suspense and intriguing all at once
Review: the stars are amazing
the plot is quite interesting
the ending is amazing
the whole movie is just shocking in how great it is at what it gets at and presents
I'm quite happy I have this on dvd
it will be seen having been played more times when I can play it in my dvd player. Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman are bright as can be in their roles. an amazing movie. even the title of the movie made me wonder what the movie was really about when I first put it in my player.
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Summary: Hyde Park gets vaporized. Yes!!!
Review: This is a movie for Chicagoans. It has Chicago cops with real Chicago accents. It has great Chicago reporters Pam Zekman and whatzisname Drummond. And best of all, it has Hyde Park with all its U of C twits going up in a ball of hydrogen flame. They were willing to risk our lives in 1940 when they unleashed the nuke demons under Stagg Field. Well, they don't look so smart this time. Goodbye, 59th street!!!
-A North Sider.
Rating:
Summary: Hyde Park gets vaporized. Yes!!!
Review: This is a movie for Chicagoans. It has Chicago cops with real Chicago accents. It has great Chicago reporters Pam Zekman and whatzisname Drummond. And best of all, it has Hyde Park with all its U of C twits going up in a ball of hydrogen flame. They were willing to risk our lives in 1940 when they unleashed the nuke demons under Stagg Field. Well, they don't look so smart this time. Goodbye, 59th street!!!
-A North Sider.
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Summary: Passable Action Movie
Review: This movie has so many flaws that you loose track after fifteen minutes, and the story is unoriginal as you can possibly get, but I have to admit that I liked it. Keanu Reeves makes a good action hero, and Rachel Weisz is adorably feminine and gentle.
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Summary: 'I'm in the middle of a chain reaction . . .'
Review: Why the hell would you name a film after a Diana Ross classic? (Or a Steps 'classic', depending what generation you're from!) OK, so it's given a rather obvious title, due to the fact the film jumps from one event to another. None of these events have any links, and are all highly unlikely and stupid to boot. Morgan Freeman is the true star of this movie, although the constant cigar that he carries around does get a bit annoying. Especially since it's rarely lit. Keanu Reeves seems to bulk up for certain films (Speed, Matrix), and then all the muscle turns to flab, cos he looks like he generally pigs out. He's unkempt, chubby, unshaven - basically everything you would find UNsexy in a man! And the 'relationship' between his character and Rachel Weisz's character is very unbelievable. There is absolutely no chemistry between the characters, and I believe that off screen, they didn't speak to each other. It's highly believable that they didn't spend any time together, so that results in no chemistry. Now if you were watch to Speed - loads of chemistry between Keanu & Sandra Bullock. This film is not worth the time or the money - oops, says she who bought it! But then again, I'm a Keanu Reeves fan. If you can't stand the sight of Keanu Reeves, this film is for you to watch once, slag off every time his name gets mentioned, and instantly forget.
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