The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 944 1990s thriller movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes18%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
1,251 audience votes
Key crew
- J.F. LawtonScreenplay
- Michael BortmanScreenplay
- Andrew DavisDirector
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Keanu ReevesEddie Kasalivich
- Morgan FreemanPaul Shannon
- Rachel WeiszDr. Lily Sinclair
- Fred WardFBI Agent Leon Ford
- Kevin DunnFBI Agent Doyle
- Brian CoxLyman Earl Collier
- Joanna CassidyMaggie McDermott
- Chelcie RossEd Rafferty
- Nicholas RudallDr. Alistair Barkley
- Tzi MaLu Chen
- Krzysztof PieczyńskiLucasz Screbneski
- Julie PearlEmily Pearl
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Themes
chicago, illinoisfbihydrogen bombsecret labenergy supplyon the runconspiracyaftercreditsstingerangryfranticscientific researchadmiring