Andrew Davis creates a weak link: `Chain Reaction'

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: August 18, 1996| Author: Richard Roeper | Copyright information
Nobody zooms in on Chicago like director Andrew Davis.

I mean that literally. In "Chain Reaction," Davis' camera hovers over the wintry city like a super-eagle, swooping and twirling and soaring from all angles to give us an array of breathtaking shots of the downtown skyline and the neighborhoods beyond.

At times the Loop looks like one of those shake-it-up snow domes. Cold was never so pretty.

You'll remember Davis also did a lot of this fancy aerial camerawork in "Th...

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