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Chain Reaction

Posted by phil blankenship, April 3, 2007 11:12pm | Comments (1)

While the front of the dvd marks director Andrew Davis' key work as The Fugitive (1993), we here at Video Maniacs beg to differ. Even a cursory look at his IMDb profile finds a wealth of trash film treasure!

1972 cinematographer for the Paul Bartel cult classic for perverts, Private Parts

1976 cinematographer for Mansion Of The Doomed aka Eyes of Dr. Chaney / Eyes of the Living Dead / House of Blood / Massacre Mansion / etc.

1979 cinematographer for the coming of age masterpiece Over The Edge

1983 directed The Final Terror, a backwoods slasher notable for early film appearances of Rachel Ward, Daryl Hannah, Adrien Zmed & Joe Pantoliano

1984 cinematographer for the legendary Hollywood teenage prostitute Angel

1985 directed Code of Silence, one of Chuck Norris' 3 films from 1985 (with Invasion USA & Missing In Action 2)

1988 directed Above the Law, Steven Seagal's film debut !! thanks andrew !

1992 directed Under Siege, the definitive Steven Seagal pic. aka Die Hard on a boat.

1993 directed The Fugitive & made a lot of money.

As for Chain Reaction, it's a typical mid 90s actioner with the standard twists & turns. Basically a Fugitive redux, the plot hinges on the fact that Rachel Weisz & Keanu Reeves are brilliant physicists. She, maybe. Him, probably not. And before any of you smart alecs write in, I know Keanu's character is technically a grad student machinist.... but screw that, he figures out the key to generating a safe, easy & unlimited amount of energy from hydrogen.... therefore he's a scientist.

In unrelated news, I also saw:

It's nice sometimes to see a straight-to-video film in the theater.

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