Proximity (2020 Film)
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''Proximity'' is a 2020 American
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written and directed by Eric Demeusy in his
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. The film stars
Ryan Masson Ryan Masson is an American actor who appeared in the films The Last Stop in Yuma County, ''The Last Stop in Yuma County'' (2023), ''Proximity (2020 film), Proximity'' (2020), and several television shows including The Last of Us season 2, season ...
, Highdee Kuan, Christian Prentice, and Shaw Jones. ''Proximity'' was released on demand on May 15, 2020, and received mixed reviews from critics.


Plot

In 1979, Carl, a Lumberjack working in Alaska, is abducted by aliens. In the present day, a young computer engineer named Isaac starts a video diary. After a hike in the woods, he encounters a flying saucer and encounters an alien. Three days later he wakes up near the water. He discovers that he is having hallucinations. He visits the doctor and discovers his bone broken with a precise cut. He got the abduction on camera and uploads it to the internet, and it goes viral. The news, media, and the government questions Isaac. Isaac realizes mysterious signs of alien life throughout history prove that aliens exist. He finds a post on the internet by a girl his age named Sara that includes a similar story. The two meet at a local diner. Isaac is asked to do a lie detector test for proof of the abduction and he passes it, leading to him being apprehended by
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run by Agent Graves. The government discovers that Sara and Isaac have an alien tracker in their arms and Isaac refuses to cooperate in the government's procedure. Isaac escapes with Sara and they're chased by
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. They realize that they have been taken to Costa Rica and find a hacker named Zed who helps them and admits that he knows about the United Nations agency behind the kidnapping. Zed helps them locate an elderly Carl, and they Video Chat with him. The group discovers that the aliens will come to British Columbia in five days. Zed, Sara, and Isaac travel to British Columbia and find Carl living in a cabin. Carl disables the United Nations trackers, allowing them to stay with him for the next two days. In two days, the aliens arrive and explain that they are studying humans, believing that
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is important to the creation of the universe. They remove Sara's tracker as the men in black surround the cabin. Agent Graves demands an answer about his father's death from Carl, who refuses and is shot by laser guns. Sara walks out of the cabin and is shot as well. The aliens remove Isaac's tracker and he unleashes telekinetic and chronokinetic powers which he uses to escape by saving Zed and carrying Sara and Carl to safety as the cabin is destroyed. The aliens save Sara and Carl and the group escapes in a flying saucer. Six months later, Isaac and Sara are living a normal life in Costa Rica. Zed and Carl are running a new science program and Agent Graves has been fired.


Cast

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Ryan Masson Ryan Masson is an American actor who appeared in the films The Last Stop in Yuma County, ''The Last Stop in Yuma County'' (2023), ''Proximity (2020 film), Proximity'' (2020), and several television shows including The Last of Us season 2, season ...
as Isaac * Highdee Kuan as Sara *Christian Prentice as Zed * Shaw Jones as Agent Graves *Don Scribner as Carl *Sarah Navratil *
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as Dr. Kozlov


Release

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acquired North American distribution rights to the film in February 2020. The film was released on demand on May 15, 2020.


Reception

On
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, the film has an approval rating of 38% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 4.7/10. Sheri Linden of ''
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'' gave the film a negative review, writing: "Good-looking and technically well crafted, the film struggles to get past pastiche and conjure an involving world of its own." ''
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''s Ed Fortune also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The problem is the story itself. It's too long, it's unoriginal and it features story notes that never fail to irritate." Grant Hermanns of
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gave the film a score of 6.5/10. Lorry Kitka of ''
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'' gave the film a six out of 10.


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