Film Review: Proximity (2001)
Parents should think twice before they send their children and loved ones to academic institutions that employ teachers like the protagonist of Proximity, 2001 action thriller directed by Scott Ziehl. For William Conroy (played by Rob Lowe), college professor from Cleveland, tenure included perks like affairs with young students, which, together love for alcohol and fast driving, led to a fatal accident, divorce and six years of prison for vehicular manslaughter. Correctional institution where he is serving his sentence has recently seen number of inmates committing suicides in suspicious circumstances. At least, this is what Conroy’s friend and fellow inmate Cole (played by Rick Williams). Conroy doesn’t think much of it until Cole too ends his life. When Conroy tries to do the right thing and inform prison authorities led by Clive Plummer (played by Joe Santos), he is advised to simply forget the whole thing. Afterwards he is suddenly summoned to a parole hearing. During transport, he realises that they want to kill him. Due to a happy set of circumstances, he manages to escape and starts to hide in Cleveland. There he is trying to establish who wants to kill him and other prisoners. Trail leads to Jim Corcoran (played by James Coburn), president of victims rights organisation that apparently dispenses its own brand of justice towards criminals.
Made with low budget and distributed direct-to-video, Proximity can be best described as “poor man’s Fugitive”. There are some hints that the script by Ben Queen and Seamus Reane was more ambitious; it touches the issues of crimes and punishment and the protagonist, unlike squeaky clean hero of Fugitive is actually someone you wouldn’t leave your daughter in company with. Rob Lowe, with his “bad boy” reputation from real life, fits this perfectly. Cleveland locations look refreshing and capable character actor like joe Santons and Jonathan Banks are good as villains. But Proximity soon degenerates into routine collection of uninspired action scenes connected by predictable plot, which would, thanks to some unconvincing coincidences and antagonists acting like complete idiots, lead to happy ending. To make things worse, Lowe doesn’t take his role very seriously. The result is utterly forgettable film that represents waste of time to audience.
RATING: 2/10 (-)
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