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Great Action
Made in 1996, this is a good action movie that Keenu Reeves did after "Speed". The story is first rate and has held up well considering the continued oil shortages over the years. Keenu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Morgan Freeman, Fred Ward, and Brian Cox are magnificent in this taut thriller about espionage over a hydrogen reactor that puts out more energy than runs it. I am a little surprised at the criticism because the explosion looked like a small hydrogen bomb. Perhaps hydrogen under pressure exploding doesn't look the same, but this is still a good action movie. Considering the abundence of hydrogen, a working reactor is something the whole world wants. Reeves plays an engineer and Ward a physicist working for Freeman. When the head of the project is murdered, another disappears, and the lab is demolished in a 4 block explosion, things get dicey as the FBI hangs the blame on Reeves and thinks Ward is involved as well. Good quality DVD with extras to boot. I recommend this for the all but the very young.

Dynamic and Explosive, a great story about corruption!
...Not to mention greed. Reeves is fabulous in his role. I loved this movie and have watched it several times, it has the chase, the hunt, the danger, mystery, intrigue, and justice all rolled up into one. A great modern day action drama that you should see if you have not seen it already!

Just as the university research team is about to prove that their new technique will permit water to be used as a fuel, their laboratory is sabotaged and the lab manager is killed. Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) stumbles onto the scene and manages not only to witness the sabotage, but to escape from it. When he tries to talk about it to authorities, he discovers that they think he and the other project survivors committed the crime. In reality, a group of energy companies have conspired with interested parties in the government to completely erase all notion of the existence of a way to use water as fuel. The project sponsor (Morgan Freeman) wants Eddie to turn himself in, but before he can do that, he must find enough evidence to clear himself and his friends. But in order to succeed, Eddie must avoid assassination attempts by the real perpetrators.

Fun, but scientifically illiterate
The people who put this flick together apparently don't understand the difference between combustion and nuclear fusion. I don't want to sound like a Puritan here, but come on! They shouldn't need a science advisor on the set to know something as simple as this ... all they need is somebody with a high school education.

Having said that, the movie wasn't completely worthless. After I got over my initial irritation during the first ten minutes, I sort of got into the movie. Some of the chases were sort of fun, and the special effects were pretty cool. Morgan Freeman is always cool, even if he seems to play pretty much the same character in every movie. Keanu Reeves did a marginal job, which for him is an improvement (we all love the guy, but even he knows that he can't act).

Near the end, there is more of the weird hydrogen combustion - nuclear fusion, which brought back initial irritation. Do these people in Hollywood drop out of school after the sixth grade? Duh!

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