Buried

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First time viewed: No
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Dad

Kind of how I feel right now.

This is a great film. Not for those who get claustrophobic easily. Ryan Reynolds in a box for 90 minutes. It's deceptively simple, low budget and completely effective.

Everything that is in a normal action hostage film is in this. It's structured the same, there are the action set pieces, the quiet drama moments the relationships, only it is all done from within a coffin with one man and a phone. They never cheat by cutting to the other end of the line or having flashbacks or big fantasy sequences. You're stuck in there with him. It's a fine tuned script that everyone said was unfilmable. Thankfully Rodrigo Cortés proved them wrong.

And some how it is never boring or visually repetitive. The way this film is shot is incredible, they never shoot the next sequence the same way. Editing and sound and music play a huge part in this. It's all done like a big budget action thriller.

At the centre of it all is Ryan Reynolds who must have gone though all kinds of hell to make this. It's an incredible performance.

I love this film. It's not nearly as claustrophobic as it was sitting up the front by myself at the cinema but it's still very effective, so get it out now if you a willing for a gritty and grim survival experience. Would make a great double with Frozen.