What makes us who we are? Are we “merely” the sum of our own decisions, or isn’t life much more unpredictable because everything is connected and intertwined? Because the decisions others make significantly influences our own lives and can change our paths irretrievably? Because we don’t have everything as under control as we sometimes think? And are we capable of finding happiness in the apparent chaos of life filled with causalities and coincidences?
Chain Reaction tells the story of a failed robbery that sets in motion a fateful chain of events and raises these questions and more about the fragility of life.
Monday morning. 8:55 a.m. A robbery attempt at a small corner store in a large city ends fatally. After the holdup, a seven-year-old boy disappears and an envelope with a lot of money changes hands. The lives of people who have never had anything to do with each other collide violently. A mother desperately searches for her child, a clique of young people tries by all means to make up for a carelessness with unforeseeable consequences, and the manager of a large corporation, who is on the brink of ruin, does everything to cover up her downfall. The policewoman entrusted with the investigation, is also increasingly caught up in the maelstrom of events as she battles her domineering superior, and her daughter is not entirely innocent in all of this.
This group of people is fighting for their existence, identity and status. They come from different backgrounds and convictions, and although the robbery brings them together, in the end each of them pursues his or her own self-interest.