
Waking groggy in pitch darkness, Paul Conroy, an American truck driver working in Iraq in 2006, slowly realizes he is trapped inside a wooden coffin, buried alive. With his cigarette lighter, he can see the trap he is in, and he quickly realizes that there's not enough air for him to live long. He finds within the coffin a working cellphone, which allows him contact with the outside world. But the outside world proves not to be very helpful at finding a man buried in a box in... (Full plot summary below)
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Waking groggy in pitch darkness, Paul Conroy, an American truck driver working in Iraq in 2006, slowly realizes he is trapped inside a wooden coffin, buried alive. With his cigarette lighter, he can see the trap he is in, and he quickly realizes that there's not enough air for him to live long. He finds within the coffin a working cellphone, which allows him contact with the outside world. But the outside world proves not to be very helpful at finding a man buried in a box in the middle of the Iraqi desert. Paul must rely on his best resource--himself.
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| The StandardMatt NealWhile its central conceit - its six-feet-under micro-location - might seem gimmicky, it's a gimmick that would get real tired real quick if not for an exceptional script and one hell of a performance. |
| The Sun (UK)Alex ZaneWatching Ryan Reynolds trapped in a coffin for an hour-and-a-half makes for the most intense piece of cinema this year. |
| Cinema SightWesley LovellA brilliant genre thriller using space and perspective to confine us with the protagonist. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertBuried may be claustrophobic in scale, but its impact is immense. |
| Screen It!Jim JudyA tightly woven and effective thriller. (Parental Review also Available) |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea Chasethe confines of a coffin become a landscape rife with every element that constitutes the most effective and most engrossing thriller, with all the visual turbulence of an action film played out in a space barely a foot high. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferA relentlessly terrifying, pulse-pounding and intelligent thriller. Ryan Reynolds gives his best performance yet. It's the most intense movie-going experience in years. |
| sbs.com.auSimon FosterAs Hollywood continues to expand its bloated visions and forsakes the very tenets of basic storytelling, Rodrigo Cortés and Ryan Reynolds go just about as small as film can go and yet deliver a vastly entertaining cinema experience. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairA remarkable, frequently spellbinding achievement... |
| About.comRebecca Murraya riveting production that's undeniably disturbing and a unique moviegoing experience. |