Buried
170,000 sq miles of desert. 90 minutes of oxygen. No way out.
170,000 sq miles of desert. 90 minutes of oxygen. No way out.
Thriller
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2010
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As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.
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Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
24 Sep 2010
Country:
ES, US, FR, GB
Languages:
Arabic, English
Budget:
$1,987,650
Revenue:
$19,152,480
Awards:
16 wins & 33 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Buried, despite its seemingly impossible premise, is by turns funny, suspenseful, moving and -- in one heart-stopping sequence worthy of Indiana Jones -- incredibly exciting.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan 2011
fresh:
Buried may be claustrophobic in scale, but its impact is immense.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
31 Jan 2011
rotten:
If the aim is to be unpredictable and to revel in cynicism, you run the risk -- realized here -- that the movie becomes more an authorial statement of purpose than a story the audience can believe in.
– Mary F. Pols,
TIME Magazine,
5 Jan 2011
rotten:
Whatever the reasons that draw us to the movies, spending 90 minutes trapped in a box with Ryan Reynolds isn't one of them.
– Jake Coyle,
Associated Press,
8 Oct 2010
fresh:
The tension keeps building, right to the end. Proving yet again that in movies, even though the space may get smaller, the picture doesn't have to.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
5 Oct 2010