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Chain Reaction
Genres
ThrillerActionScience Fiction
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$50000000
Revenue
$60209334
Runtime
107 min
Release Date
1996-08-02
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1134
Vote Average
5.8
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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 Pieczyński
Lucasz Screbneski
Julie Pearl
Emily Pearl
Godfrey
Chidi Egbuna
Gene Barge
James Washington
Nathan Davis
Morris Grodsky
Aaron Williams
Lab Techie #3
Daniel H. Friedman
Video Dan
Johnny Lee Davenport
Caleb Williams
James Sie
Ken Lim
Joan Kohn
Sarah Fine
Juan Ramírez
Raymond Peña
Nydia Rodriguez Terracina
Gabrielle Guerrera
Scott Benjaminson
Stuart Showcroft
Ned Schmidtke
Wisconsin Chief Schmidke
Randall Arney
DC Technician
Noelle Bou-Sliman
DC Technician
Joseph F. Kosala
Sergeant Joe Byczkowski
Ron Dean
Sergeant Nick Zingaro
Miguel Nino
Officer Miguel
Turk Muller
Dane County Cop
Neil Flynn
State Trooper Nemitz
Michael Skewes
State Trooper Schwartz
Margaret Travolta
Anita Fermi
Jacqueline G. Arthur
Jackie Mann
Tom Mula
Chicago Administrator
Denise Price
Receptionist
Rick LeFevour
Matthew Haig
Charley Sherman
Justin Tidy
Gina Raffin
Colleen Dryden
Pam Zekman
Rita Bliss
Lisa Tejero
Dolores Enrique
David Pasquesi
Al Vanzetti
John Drummond
Drummond
Cathy Herd
TV Reporter
Tell Draper
TV Reporter
Danny Goldring
Clancy Butler
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Yusef Reed
Michael Gaylord James
Jim Gaylord
Ken Moreno
Naldo Partida
Allen Hamilton
Senator Phil Schmidt
Dick Cusack
Senate Chairman
Nicholas Kusenko
Staff Member Stennis
David Michael Gee
Senate Guard
Stanley M. Span
Firechief #1
Ann Whitney
Barkley's Lawyer
Rich Komenich
Bar Patron
Afram Bill Williams
Bridge Controller
Will Zahrn
Bridge Controller
John W. Hardy
Train Porter
Mary Seibel
Older Woman on Train
Nina Beesley
Flower Shop Owner
Michael Shannon
D.C. Flower Delivery Man
Billy Haynes
Doorman
Walter Doggett
Gate Guard
Jack Kandel
Panhandler
Timothy J. Maxwell
Homeless Husband
Leslie Mikol
Homeless Wife
Rio Zavala
Homeless Man
Mark Morettini
Romano
Soseh Kevorkian
Evelyn
Christopher Holloway
Max Holloway
Jim Ortlieb
Orbit
Cheryl Hamada
Hamada
Mike Gray
Swizlard
Joe Guastaferro
Tunnel Foreman
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