Chain Reaction (DVD)

...I'm Chain Reaction starts off with an intriguing premise and goes downhill from there, despite trying really hard to be a tense techno-thriller. In The initial idea, of a new power-source being developed from water (we're not talking traditional hydro-power here though) - which supposedly has the capacity to use the hydrogen in small glass of water to power the whole city of Chicago for weeks -is brilliant. The idea of the rich and powerful oil companies ...
...it's not bad. Chain There's a brain behind this film (somewhat a rarity for this genre), but unfortunately it's been rather lost in the translation. It's almost as though someone said, "Hey, here's a brilliant idea for a film, let's turn it into a mediocre movie" - and lo! - it became so. It's certainly not a terrible film - watching it didn't leave me feeling that part of my life had been stolen - just that I hadn't made a profit on what time I'd ...

CaptainDisaster 17.05.2006 · Read full review
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...blow. This is where the chain reaction begins, Eddie grabs his bike, and gets out sharpish, just missing death as the building and machinery explode taking out the whole north side of Chicago. With this nuclear style explosion, everyone gets involved, police, FBI, reporters, the works. By morning it's made clear what's happened, and as the questioning begins, but so do the set ups. Within a few hours Eddie and Lily are in the frame for murder ...
...heats up quickly with chase after chase as they try to clear their names, and find out the truth. Through a series of events and after tons of action, they trace things back to a top secret facility, which later becomes the scene of even more mayhem, as the people behind it eagerly try to revive the secret to this new hydrogen fuel. For that they need Eddie. Anyway Lily gets snatched and taken to the top secret C-Systems, shortly followed by Eddie ...

Trev1000 17.04.2001 (09.04.2001) · Read full review
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If your cup of tea in the film world is a fast action chase across the country then this film is for you. Starring Keanu Reeves as Eddie Kasalivich a scientist working on a cheap energy project, the film opens with an experiment into splitting water into its constituent parts of hydrogen and oxygen. Now there is nothing new in that as it is already possible to do that in real life but the energy required is greater than the energy that would be released ...
...Eddie’s team discover a way of doing it rapidly and safely with little energy input. The ramifications are enormous as this means the world’s energy problems are solved because after all ¾ of the world is covered in water and the petroleum industry would be redundant overnight. Someone doesn’t like the new discovery and whilst Eddie is walking Lily Sinclair (Rachael Weisz) home after the celebratory party, the opposition plants ...

jimbuck 11.05.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Chain Reaction (DVD)

If your cup of tea in the film world is a fast action chase across the country then this film is for you. Starring Keanu Reeves as Eddie Kasalivich a scientist working on a cheap energy project, the film opens with an experiment into splitting water into its constituent parts of hydrogen and oxygen. Now there is nothing new in that as it is already possible to do that in real life but the energy required is greater than the energy that would be released ...
...Eddie’s team discover a way of doing it rapidly and safely with little energy input. The ramifications are enormous as this means the world’s energy problems are solved because after all ¾ of the world is covered in water and the petroleum industry would be redundant overnight. Someone doesn’t like the new discovery and whilst Eddie is walking Lily Sinclair (Rachael Weisz) home after the celebratory party, the opposition plants ...

jimbuck 11.05.2001 · Read full review
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Great cast and an even better storyline. From start to finish this film will keep you interested. With some twists and turns this film is one to see. Keanu and Rachel make a great partnership as they do in Constantine. Together in this movie they stuggle to find the truth about a project gone bad. Helping them is Morgan Freeman and collectively the journey takes them on a voyage of discovery about who is really on thier side and who is not. The visual ...

WELSHW0LF 28.05.2005 · Read full review
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Thoughugh this film is incomprehensibly confusing with government secret departments that even the FBI don't know about it and inexplicable and highly improbable methods of producing hydrogen, the action scenes are compelling. Rachel Weisz's English accent was highly questionable and so was Keanu's haircut. Kudos to him for passing as a student at the age of 31. Morgan Freeman exuded charisma as ever and his character was mysterious and maintained ...
...I couldn't quite tell. This may be a flaw in the direction that ordinary people have to watch the film at least 3 times before they understand it or it may just be me being thick! Very little estras or bonuses either call into question the price, but you'll never see iot on TV so buy now ...

the_g_con 02.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Chain Reaction (DVD)