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Title: Buried (2010)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ryan Reynolds | ... | Paul Conroy | |
| José Luis García Pérez | ... | Jabir (voice) (as José Luis García-Pérez) | |
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Robert Paterson | ... | Dan Brenner (voice) |
| Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | Alan Davenport (voice) | |
| Samantha Mathis | ... | Linda Conroy (voice) | |
| Ivana Miño | ... | Pamela Lutti (voice) | |
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Warner Loughlin | ... | Maryanne Conroy / Donna Mitchell / Rebecca Browning (voice) |
| Erik Palladino | ... | Special Agent Harris (voice) | |
| Kali Rocha | ... | 911 Operator (voice) | |
| Chris William Martin | ... | State Department Rep. (voice) | |
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Cade Dundish | ... | Shane Conroy (voice) |
| Mary Birdsong | ... | 411 Female Operator (voice) (as Mary Songbird) | |
| Kirk Baily | ... | 411 Male Operator (voice) | |
| Anne Lockhart | ... | CRT Operator (voice) | |
| Robert Clotworthy | ... | CRT Spokesman (voice) | |
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. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
When this movie started and the opening credits began, it was in parallel with Hitchcock movies, almost a replica of the Psycho opening sequence. It was fairly obvious that the director has been inspired by the Master of Macabre.
I was intrigued for the entire 90 minutes of the movie, and although there were a couple of scenes that I was unsure about, it was still well worth watching. Ryan Reynolds is believable as a man buried alive in a coffin, and you can really feel the emotions he experiences during the movie. There is some wonderful conversations he has on the phone, in particular when he speaks to his mother.
Just as you think that nothing more can happen, a surprise twist occurs which makes you want to stay and see if he will or will not survive. The ending was a surprise to me.
Like Phone Booth and Man On A Ledge, both I have only seen recently, I had to watch this to it's full conclusion, and I did enjoy it.