Rob Lowe and James Coburn star in this interesting near miss of a thriller with a good idea behind it. Lowe plays William Conroy, who is in prison for killing a woman in a drunk-driving accident. We know he is an intellectual prisoner because we see him reading 1984 and thinking a whole bunch. One night when he's up thinking, Conroy hears a disturbance in a nearby cell. He has, of course, heard too much and soon he's out of prison and running for his life. James Coburn ostensibly plays a victim's rights advocate, but you don't really think he's just going to sit around doing that, do you? The crux of the plot is an interesting idea, but the movie as a whole doesn't quite come off--it keeps lurching into the world of ridiculous hunches and providential timing. There are a few good chase scenes, and some surprisingly lush cinematography; Cleveland looks absolutely gorgeous. --Ali Davis
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Former college professor William Conroy (Rob Lowe) is a convict serving time for vehicular manslaughter. He discovers some suspicious doings at the prison when a fellow inmate tells him that fourteen inmates have died over the past two years--then turns up dead the next day. When the van carrying Conroy to his parole hearing crashes, he flees the accident site and sets out to uncover the conspiracy. Academy Award winner James Coburn costars as the unscrupulous warden.
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The closer he gets to the truth... the closer his enemies get to him.
When William Conroy, a former college professor, is sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter it seems his life is over. But, when a fellow inmate tells Conroy that in the past two years fourteen inmates have died at the prison, and then turns up dead the next day, Conroy realizes he is in more danger than he ever imagined.
Conroy's suspicions are confirmed when, while on the way to his parole hearing, the van carrying the inmates crashes. Seizing the opportunity, Conroy flees the scene and elicits the help of his lawyer. What the two discover is a grisly murder ring set up within the prison walls that incriminates those at the highest levels of the correctional system.
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An inmate serving time for vehicular homice, overhears prison guards discussing plans for a murder and becomes a target himself.
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