From director Andrew Davis (“The Fugitive”, “Under Siege”) comes this good thriller with goofy action to lighten to the tone.

In “Chain Reaction”, Keanu Reeves (“The Matrix”, “Point Break”) portrays machinist Eddie Kasalivich. Eddie is part of a group of researchers, who are trying to use water as a sustainable source of energy for everything such as fuel. However, the leader of the project named Doctor Alistair Barkley (Nicholas Rudall) wants this to be free and for everyone but the problem is if it falls into the wrong hands. The whole place is blown up and Doctor Barkley is dead. Now a nationwide manhunt is on for the innocent Eddie and his colleague Doctor Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz “The Mummy”) as they’re framed for giving info to the Chinese.

Keanu Reeves isn’t great or anything but he’s decent enough for me to enjoy his performance as Eddie. Rachel Weisz is a bit boring as Lily. Morgan Freeman (“Se7en”, “Bruce Almighty”) plays Paul Shannon and he does a really great job as you can’ decide whether he’s a good guy, a bad guy or even both. Other cast members such as Fred Ward (“Tremors”) and Brian Cox (“Manhunter”) aren’t too impressive to say the least.

This movie is in my opinion quite a sophisticated thriller and they throw in hilarious action scenes such as Keanu Reeves outrunning a mushroom cloud on a motorcycle (near the beginning surprisingly). This makes “Chain Reactions” a fun mixture that I’m surprised not more people enjoy. I don’t understand why people can’t just enjoy the fact it’s serious in some places and silly in others. It’s not like the plot keeps changing tone, it’s only the action that isn’t taken too seriously and it feels like the makers of the film were having fun with their product and that fun was passed on to me, the viewer.