Buried

One of the many fears I’m sure many people have is being buried alive, which is the only thing that we see in this ninety-four minute movie; one man and his struggle to escape the coffin he’s buried alive in. Ryan Reynolds plays Paul Conroy, a truck driver and family man who has been buried alive with no idea how he got there and no idea who buried him. With only a lighter and a mobile phone, he only has a limited time to piece together who has done this to him and where he is before he suffocates. By me saying you only see one actor in a wooden box for the duration of the movie, it might have put you off watching it but make no mistake, Buried is one of those little gems that everybody should see before they die. I will happily admit that I found this quite scary to watch because this is actually one of my fears and it works very well on your fear as it’s very atmospheric and is actually very realistic.

You also have this sense of being trapped in there with him throughout the movie and Ryan Reynolds boasts his acting ability as we feel the anger, frustration and hopelessness that his character feels. Although it takes place in a coffin all the way through the movie, the direction and the camerawork were brilliant and used very well as it added to the effect of making you feel like you were trapped in there with our hero. Rodrigo Cortes and Chris Sparling have done an amazing job in making this movie, even if the movie is only just one guy in a coffin, sometimes less is more and in this case, there’s plenty.

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