Chain Reaction

1996 107 min Thriller, Action, Science Fiction

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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IMDb 5.7 RT 18 Metacritic 43

budget $50,000,000 earnings $60,209,334 return 1.2x

director Andrew Davis

writers J.F. Lawton, Michael Bortman, Rick Seaman, Josh Friedman, Arne Schmidt

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