In Andrew Davis's thriller "The Chain Thriller" in 1996, Kianu Reeves is played by Edi Kasalich, a Machinist at the University of Chicago, who oversees a special scientific experiment to turn hydrogen into energy. Eddie is not a genius, but he knows how the reaction chain of the water -filled chain works. Then, one night, he accidentally reveals a vague sound frequency that stabilizes the experiment and gets it to succeed. It seems that the problems of energy supply in the world will be resolved.

Of course, this immediately begins a shaded concealment, with the chain of reaction being blown by unknown conspiracy and Eddie is framed for destruction. (The blast pulled out eight full city blocks.) Innocent scientists have been killed, so Eddie must go on the run with a physicist named Lily, Reeves' play on the future of the future "Constantine" co-starva Rachel Weiss. Of course, they must find a way to prove their innocence and discover who would like to destroy their energy experiment. Morgan Freeman also appears as one of the conspirators.

If you do not remember a "chain reaction", do not feel bad. It is a kind of forgotten film that came and went by the end of the summer of 1996, without noticing too many people. Reeves has not yet received a crash course in Kung Fu for the "Matrix" And, thus, it was not necessarily a confident draw for the box office, with a $ 50 million picture earning just over $ 60 million in box office (that is, in Hollywood terms, bomb). Instead, the "Chain Reaction" was one of those films you probably watched on cable television in the late 1990s. Then, you might have walked by a few copies of a "chain reaction" on the blockbuster on your way to rent a more interesting movie. Even Reeves does not want a "chain reaction".

In 2001, five years after the "chain reaction" hit theaters, Reeves admitted Upi The film had a series of problems, most of which came from his script (attributed to JF Lawton and Michael Bortman). He noted that he chooses his acting roles based on the wealth of his characters and/or the complexity of the conspiracy (unlike the commercial potential of the film) and that he signed for a "chain reaction" because he liked Eddie. In the script he read, however, the character was closer to Hitchcock's archetypal protagonistie Wrong accused, yet dangerously driven family man. It changed dramatically just before the shooting began, leaving Reeves cold on the project. As he said:

"(W) Chicken I got there, it was a different movie. Initially, I was married. I had this kid and did this research and I didn't know that what I was researching had this effect. And someone was killed. And I had these griefs. And I was trying to stop what I was doing, but I couldn't. I turned into this 24-year-old machinist.

In the latest film, Eddie is a much less interesting character, expressing more than a firm determination of the generic action hero. Reeves does not do much with the part, but then there is not much that can be done with a character like Eddie. Just like the film around him, Eddie sinks in the background, a forgotten element in a forgotten film.

"Chain Reaction" has an approval of 18% approval Rotten tomatoes Based on 34 views. Most critics quickly used the words "generic" and "formulas" to describe them. It is a completely unnoticeable film, and this article can be one of the few times in the last 30 years that someone has bothered to notice it.