Buried out now on DVD

Buried is a film in which Paul Conroy (Reynolds) a US citizen working as a truck driver in Iraq awakens to find himself trapped in a coffin, buried underground with only a mobile phone and a cigarette lighter. It’s a race against time for Conroy to contact help, for the help to find and locate him or the ransom demands to be met. 
 
Buried is a good brave film and one for me in which Reynolds shines and the man trapped underground in what must be a situation any human would fear. In fact I couldn’t find anything really wrong with this movie, its paced really well, Conroy is both short tempered, impatient, pleading and repentant and you can feel the helplessness and claustrophobia of the situation. Reynolds as I said is great as the only character you really see in the whole movie for me shows that he can really act and is more than just eye candy. The only negative for this film is that it’s a hard sell – it’s the story of a man trapped underground, its harrowing and not exactly light viewing – its good, although you also do feel like you’ve put yourself through a bit of an ordeal watching it.
 
Director: Rodrigo Cortés

Cast:
Ryan Reynolds – Paul Conroy