‘Buried’ Movie Review
The studios released the Ryan Reynolds branded,thriller flick named “Buried” into movie theaters a few months ago. I finally checked it out last night,and totally agree with the top movie critics’ positive assessment of the film.
It delivered a very creative storyline with lots of drama. Unfortunately, I think I may have developed a slight case of claustrophobia when watching it and imagining if I was buried in a coffin. The flick stars: Ryan Reynolds and Jose Maria Yazpik.
“Buried” centered around character Paul (Ryan Reynolds). He’s a truck driver over in Iraq,and wakes up to find himself buried alive in a coffin,tied up with only a cigarette lighter,cell phone,a couple of glow lights,knife,and a flash light. He eventually finds out about all these tools at different times during the movie.
He starts panicking. As the film continues, he’s able to untie himself,get the lighter,and calls every damn body he knows. After getting a couple of answering machines and leaving a few messages, he’s eventually connected with a hostage specialist in Iraq who is working frantically to try and find him.
Paul gets a couple of calls from his kidnappers. They demand $5 million dollars from the embassy for them to release him. Unfortunately,a number of bombing events make it more difficult for the hostage specialist to find him,and the movie eventually ends with a shocking conclusion.
I thought the film was excellent. Even though it was about an hour and 20 minutes of just Ryan Reynolds’ character trapped in a coffin,it still managed to feature some very exciting scenes. There were a few things that caused other things to enter the coffin with him that weren’t good for his health,and it was cool to see what he did to get out of those situations with his very limited resources.
The film nearly gave me claustrophobia just watching it because these movies are really good at bringing the person into the world of the movie. It was really hard to imagine being trapped in a wooden coffin like that. I started thinking about what the hell I would do if that happened to me. It was a very interesting and entertaining movie to watch. I gave it an A rating for the uniqueness alone.
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