# Chain Reaction (1996)

> A young Chicago scientist becomes a fugitive after a deadly laboratory explosion turns his revolutionary hydrogen breakthrough into a prize for covert government contractors.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6922

## Facts

- Runtime: 107 min
- Genres: Thriller, Action, Science Fiction
- Director: Andrew Davis
- Cast: Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward, Kevin Dunn, Brian Cox, Joanna Cassidy, Chelcie Ross
- TMDB rating: 5.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115857/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: frantic, paranoid, propulsive, 1990s action movie night, science fiction thriller marathon

## Movies like Chain Reaction

- [The Arrival (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/5619)
- [Desperate Measures (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/4646)
- [Blown Away (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/145)
- [Virtuosity (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/4473)
- [Shadow Conspiracy (1997)](https://ember.film/movie/23998)
- [Mercury Rising (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/4234)
- [Enemy of the State (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/4954)
- [The Net (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/1087)
- [The Saint (1997)](https://ember.film/movie/5124)
- [Freejack (1992)](https://ember.film/movie/4480)

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