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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Arne Schmidt (story) &
Rick Seaman (story) ...
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Release Date:
2 August 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
Reaction Time 8-4-96
Plot:
Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
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User Comments:
Action 8/10, Science 1/10 more (68 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Keanu Reeves | ... | Eddie Kasalivich |
 | Morgan Freeman | ... | Paul Shannon |
 | Rachel Weisz | ... | Dr. Lily Sinclair |
 | Fred Ward | ... | FBI Agent Leon Ford |
 | Kevin Dunn | ... | FBI Agent Doyle |
 | Brian Cox | ... | Lyman Earl Collier |
 | Joanna Cassidy | ... | Maggie McDermott |
 | Chelcie Ross | ... | Ed Rafferty |
 | Nicholas Rudall | ... | Dr. Alistair Barkley |
 | Tzi Ma | ... | Lu Chen |
| Krzysztof Pieczynski | ... | Lucasz Screbneski |
 | Julie R. Pearl | ... | Emily Pearl |
| Godfrey | ... | Chidi Egbuna |
| Gene Barge | ... | James Washington |
| Nathan Davis | ... | Morris Grodsky |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Dead Drop (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some intense action/violence.
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Runtime:
107 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #34663) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Canada:PG | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12
Filming Locations:
53rd Street & Blackstone Avenue, Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA more
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Trivia:
The lecture at the beginning of the movie was filmed in Mandel Hall at the University of Chicago. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Eddie is hanging from the lift at the end of the movie, Lily is supposed to be in the lift. However, one shot shows no one in the lift. At the same time this goof happens, Lily is actually heard saying, "Hold on Eddie!" more
Quotes:
FBI Agent Ford:
Hundred bucks, kid didn't do it.
FBI Agent Doyle:
You got a nationwide manhunt for an innocent man?
FBI Agent Ford:
Make sure nobody shoots him.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Creeps (1997) more
Soundtrack:
One Love more
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I don't expect my science fiction thrillers necessarily to have working real science in them. What I do prefer is that they either have a credible explanation for the science, or simply don't explain it at all.
Chain Reaction tries to explain the science, and in doing so provides the comedy aspect of the film - a lesson for writers everywhere - if you don't understand it, don't write about it.
If you can ignore the science, it is a decent action film, and a good way to spend a couple of hours. Reeves and Weisz are believable as the leads, and hint at an attraction between them without slowing the film down. Freeman plays a solid role, and the moral complications of his character made this film for me.