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Rodrigo CortésScreenplay:
Chris SparlingCinematography:
Eduard GrauComposer:
Víctor ReyesCast:
Ryan Reynolds, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Ivana Miño, Erik Palladino, José Luis García Pérez, Anne Lockhart, Tess Harper, Kali Rocha (more)VOD (1)
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Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) is not ready to die and when he wakes up six feet underground in a wooden coffin with only a mobile phone and lighter time is not on his side. Buried alive with no idea of who put him there or why? Life for Paul becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery and a dwindling oxygen supply are his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time: Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued before his worst nightmare comes true. (Icon Film Distribution)
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The male breed must be in deep trouble if even someone like Ryan Reynolds who can boast the title of Most Attractive Man in the World 2010 isn’t able to deal with a situation that members of the gentler sex can get out of blindfold (Uma) and (Noomi). And although overall he does this in an entertaining and appealing way, I can’t help feeling that this movie could have been a little shorter.
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Logic takes a beating in a much harsher way than I'm used to in the thriller genre, and everything relies solely on Ryan Reynolds. He delivers a performance as likable as usual, but unfortunately he doesn't have, nor could he have, the ability to carry the whole film on the surface of a single coffin, even with enough oxygen and signal. The salvation of this good but poorly executed concept is the ending, which, despite my slight apathy towards the protagonist's actions, stretched me to the brink of breaking.
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The equipment from which MacGyver would make a mining drill, an air supply that exceeds the physical limit of volume and a phone signal that would make a regular operator pay in gold are compensated by an unpredictable plot and an excellent Ryan Reynolds. What is most surprising is that the director squeezes the original concept throughout the entire runtime, without any significant slump or climax. Rodrigo Cortés is a concept for the future, and not just for those opening "Hitchcock credits." 4 ½.
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Buried is surprising in that it’s not an indie festival flick, but a mainstream movie. Some viewers may consider that to be a drawback, but for me, the film’s ability to captivate and move the masses with a single actor in such a small place is its greatest asset. It thus comes closest to Joel Schumacher’s Phone Booth, in which the desperate protagonist squirms in an equally confined space, though standing upright and with a better view:-). Buried is superbly written, filmed and acted, with an ending that delivers an uncompromising knock-out blow.
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I can't say I was bored, but some of the script choices really spoiled the overall impression for me, like the snake and the frustratingly inept people on the phone. The same premise was handled much better in the two-part episode "Grave Danger" from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, directed by Quentin Tarantino. However, I do give a thumbs up for the intense and surprising ending. Overall, though, it felt like a bit of a missed opportunity for such an interesting concept.
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