ianenderby
You wake up and realize that you are trapped. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide and no way to win. Forces have conspired against you and there is nothing you can do. Alone in the dark, precious empty time ticks by as you draw your last few breaths. What has it all meant? What good have I done? Does it even matter?I imagine that we have all felt this way from time to time, and there are certainly those who would have us believe that this is the reality for many of us. Buried underground in a wooden box, we see Paul Conroy face these obstacles in an all too real way. Fully immersed by both compelling cinematography and superb sound design, we are subjected to the horrors of this claustrophobic catastrophe right along side the films only embodied character as he searches for answers and fights for his freedom.I won't say too much more about the plot or the themes, other than I believe the writer struck many a chord that resonated with Americans circa 2010 and even today.I encourage you to set aside an uninterrupted 90 minutes and watch this movie by yourself, in the dark with the best sound system you can find, whether that is a home theater or a good pair of headphones. You won't regret it.
davidpknevett
Warning Spoilers! Absolutely terrible film. Several, sort of, plot lines that might result in our buried man being saved but all lead to nothing. I say buried man because there's no connection to the only actual character of the film. Some of the reviews seem to like the film because of its claustrophobic nature. I don't even think that's done well. Try watching The Vanishing 1988 to see it done with an actual plot.
As if it wasn't bad enough watching close ups of a sweaty man in a box for hours in the hope of him being saved and maybe even getting revenge on his captors. No he just dies oh and his wife and kid don't get the insurance either because he might have been having an affair. I mean as if things weren't bad enough. Stupid.
solun-1
It did not entertain me to spend 90 minutes watching a mentally unstable person with a bellow average intelligence talking on the phone having useless, inefficient conversations or waiting to get connected or waiting for someone to pick up a phone and they never do. Somehow, they managed to make a movie where you do not relate to the character, the suspense is non-existent and it all feels very unreal. The idea about this movie is good but it is all shot in such a way that you just do not feel almost any suspense and are mostly bored. The physics in this movie are extremely unrealistic and also the way technology (the phone) behaves is not realistic (with the "looking for the signal" thing etc.). I think you should spare your time and not watch this but it has 7/10 from the majority of people so I guess someone actually enjoyed this. There are more illogical things in the movie but I do not want to write spoilers so see for yourself how many will "face-palm" you. I kind of liked the ending though but it did not make up for the first 89 minutes of boredom. Also, I think they should have chosen a different actor for this one and also all the voice actors should be punched in the face for giving such bad performance.
merelyaninnuendo
BuriedThe potential and enthusiasm of the premise wears off within its first few minutes after which the audience finds itself waiting for the closure of this overlong 95 minutes of journey. An urge to create a high pitched dramatic sequence comes off as another mumbo-jumbo trick to distract the audience that is questionable rather than entertaining. The execution by Rodrigo Cortez is decent at some point and utterly loose and non-professional on other sequences. All the work on performance objective is carried off by Ryan Reynolds and he holds on to his part convincingly and carries it off all on his shoulder. Buried is a misguided feature which derails quite early than one would expect after which its only big gun was the secret that the makers were hiding up their sleeve which unfortunately is visible far before it even hits the screen.
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