Thursday, May 9, 2019

Buried (2010)


After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find a truck driver working in Iraq is buried alive inside a coffin; with only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this death trap.

Remarkable achievement staging a whole movie with only one actor trapped in a coffin; well scripted with a great performance by Ryan Reynolds.

Maltin**1/2: "Claustrophobic but intriguing film is definitely not for all tastes, but does tell an unusual story that is equal parts ingenuity and terror. Reynolds acquits himself ably, but this might have worked better as a longish short subject. Bests Hitchcock's LIFEBOAT in one sense: its minuscule setting." 

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