You have to be patient to enjoy this flick. For 90 minutes you will find yourself as depressed as Paul Conroy who is buried alive in the desert.
Well, if you really need a plot before deciding to watch, here is one from imdb:
Waking groggy in pitch darkness, Paul Conroy, an American truck driver working as a contractor 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
Honestly, this movie is not for everyone. A lot of people are likely to dislike the film on a fundamental level, but Ryan Reynolds gives the best performance of his entire career here, running through a sequence of emotions, anger, sarcasm and terrified feelings.
The whole aspect of being buried underground, with limited air, a hand phone, a lighter and a mystery to solve, is spectacular. What really amazed me is the fact that the whole thing was seen through the 'eyes' of Paul. We all are trapped along with him and feel his desperation in certain way.
The rest of the movie is about Paul's attempts to establish contact with outside world - his family, friends, employers, the state department to seek assistance to get him out. But things start to get complicated when he is contacted on the phone by his abductor who requests him to arrange ransom from the American Embassy. Running out of both phone battery and air to breathe, Ryan..oops, Paul soon finds out that the threats are not hollow; he is forced to make a video of himself which finds its way to you tube. Things get more complicated and Paul starts to realize he is just a small, helpless insect caught in a web.
With only one main (seen) character, I myself find this movie interesting and challenging. But once again, you better prepare yourself before watching it. There will be a moment you feel bored or even get frustrated with the story. Or, you will find yourself sympathizing to Paul Conroy and "get buried" in the story and silently cry while saying "Oh my God" at the end of the story, like I did.
Well, if you really need a plot before deciding to watch, here is one from imdb:
Waking groggy in pitch darkness, Paul Conroy, an American truck driver working as a contractor 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
Honestly, this movie is not for everyone. A lot of people are likely to dislike the film on a fundamental level, but Ryan Reynolds gives the best performance of his entire career here, running through a sequence of emotions, anger, sarcasm and terrified feelings.
The whole aspect of being buried underground, with limited air, a hand phone, a lighter and a mystery to solve, is spectacular. What really amazed me is the fact that the whole thing was seen through the 'eyes' of Paul. We all are trapped along with him and feel his desperation in certain way.
The rest of the movie is about Paul's attempts to establish contact with outside world - his family, friends, employers, the state department to seek assistance to get him out. But things start to get complicated when he is contacted on the phone by his abductor who requests him to arrange ransom from the American Embassy. Running out of both phone battery and air to breathe, Ryan..oops, Paul soon finds out that the threats are not hollow; he is forced to make a video of himself which finds its way to you tube. Things get more complicated and Paul starts to realize he is just a small, helpless insect caught in a web.
With only one main (seen) character, I myself find this movie interesting and challenging. But once again, you better prepare yourself before watching it. There will be a moment you feel bored or even get frustrated with the story. Or, you will find yourself sympathizing to Paul Conroy and "get buried" in the story and silently cry while saying "Oh my God" at the end of the story, like I did.
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