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Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction

1996•1h 47m•5.8/10
ThrillerActionScience Fiction

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5.8/10(1K)

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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Production

Chicago Pacific Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, The Zanuck Company, 3 Arts Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Eddie Kasalivich

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Paul Shannon

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

Dr. Lily Sinclair

Fred Ward

Fred Ward

FBI Agent Leon Ford

Kevin Dunn

Kevin Dunn

FBI Agent Doyle

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Lyman Earl Collier

Joanna Cassidy

Joanna Cassidy

Maggie McDermott

Chelcie Ross

Chelcie Ross

Ed Rafferty

Nicholas Rudall

Nicholas Rudall

Dr. Alistair Barkley

Tzi Ma

Tzi Ma

Lu Chen

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Lucasz Screbneski

Julie Pearl

Julie Pearl

Emily Pearl

Godfrey

Godfrey

Chidi Egbuna

Gene Barge

James Washington

Nathan Davis

Nathan Davis

Morris Grodsky

Aaron Williams

Lab Techie #3

Daniel H. Friedman

Video Dan

Johnny Lee Davenport

Caleb Williams

James Sie

James Sie

Ken Lim

Joan Kohn

Sarah Fine

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