2010 · thriller
Buried
Directed by Rodrigo Cortés1h 35m2010
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.
Our read: Buried (2010) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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