Buried

Suspense. Thriller. A phone. 94 minutes.

The story is pretty basic but slowly blossoms into endless possibility as it shows the highly unfortunate circumstances truck driver Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) has gotten himself into. Working as a contractor in Iraq, Paul’s convoy is attacked by local insurgents. He wakes up to find himself buried underground with only a mobile phone as his coffin-mate. With time against him, Paul must try to figure how to free himself from his situation before it is too late.

Hi can I make a collect call to GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE?

Without trying to give too much away, Paul himself will start to fill in the blanks of the storyline by making a few strategic calls such as to his company, his love ones and basically anyone he can think of who can get him out of there. From a single linear storyline, it then progresses to other parts as he discovers who is actually willing to help him and who just doesn’t seem to care about him. Throughout the whole film we are seeing everything from Paul’s point of view and this really captures the essence of the film. It isn’t guns blazing action or explosions via through someone’s arse but just a simple predicament of what would you do if you were in his position.

F**k you Angry Birds

The movie may start off slightly slow but it does pick up at least by the quarter mark so any of you who might think “is this really how it’s going to be throughout the movie”, fret not because it really does grip you all the way to the end. I was a bit critical with casting Ryan Reynolds in the main role, but changed my mind as he did just about enough to play a regular guy who really can’t believe this is happening to him. Recommended for non popcorn movie goers.

Ratings – 3.5/5