Chain Reaction
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Movie Reviews of Chain Reaction
Movie Review: Passable Action Movie
Summary: 3 Stars
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.Movie Review: 'I'm in the middle of a chain reaction . . .'
Summary: 2 Stars
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.
Movie Review: Well, It's a Chain Reaction of Badness.
Summary: 2 Stars
Viewed: 10/06
Rate: 4
10/06: Chain Reaction is a picture that tells nothing much. I can see that this "technological advancement" is important, but what is it? Specifically, what is it anyway? Throw in the looks of the "technological advancement"; that should substitute the idea of it. Wrong. Chain Reaction wastes a lot of time playing like a remake of The Fugitive. Basically, replace Harrison Ford with Keanu Reeves, Tommy Lee Jones with Fred Ward, and this one-armed guy with this menace weird-looking Russian, and you have Chain Reaction. Andrew Davis once again proves that he can't direct a picture. He just can't because he doesn't know how to deliver. Yes, I can see several suspenseful moments, but that's Hitchcock's trademark. Andrew Davis needs to find his own style, but apparently, in films like The Fugitive, Under Siege, Above the Law, Chain Reaction, and A Perfect Murder, he can't do anything right. It's hard to believe he lasted this long in Hollywood, and he certainly belongs in my list of worst directors ever. Back to Chain Reaction, it's a chain reaction of nothingness.
Movie Review: Fun, but scientifically illiterate
Summary: 2 Stars
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!
Movie Review: Blah Reaction
Summary: 2 Stars
I had no recall of this film despite the pedigree of director Andrew Davis and stars Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Brian Cox, and Rachel Weisz. After having seen it I wish it never existed. When this alleged thriller is not formulaic the story line is just plain muddled. At times Davis channels some of the inspiration from his masterwork, "The Fugitive", but all for naught because it's wasted in this pointless exercise. The aforementioned actors who can usually be counted on to elevate material are at a loss in this inert enterprise. Forgettable in the extreme.