Buried, film review

BURIED

Film Review by

Joanna Marie Tan

Casts:

Ryan Reynolds as Paul Conroy               

Robert Paterson as Dan Brenner (voice)

José Luis García Pérez as Jabir (voice)

           

I cannot fathom how one puts at risk a life of an ordinary man for the reason that his family is starving and blaming it all to the Americans. Buried, starred by Ryan Reynolds as Paul Conroy, is based on a true-to-life story of a truck driver who was ambushed together with his co-workers by unknown Iraqis. Waking up inside a coffin, buried 6 feet down under, Paul only has a lighter, pen, a flash light and a cell phone with only 24 hours left before he runs out of air, and sand entering into his coffin. I remember when I first saw this film; I kept on crying especially on the middle part up to the end because I really wanted to save him. If only I could!

            The story of the movie, no doubt, is great! It shows a lot of lessons and it opens up our mind and awareness as to what is really going on in the Middle East. Lots of innocent people are suffering the consequences and I really feel pity for them. The story is perfect, but the way they did the movie, is not. There were a lot of flaws and those flaws are way too obvious. How could someone stay alive and still breathe for hours when in fact he should’ve choked to death or run out of air because he was always using fire? There were a lot of scenes in the movie wherein his cell phone was focused, and the status of his battery life was inconsistent. One thing I cannot really imagine, is on how can a snake enter and leave a coffin if that coffin is buried six feet under? Come to think about it, there’s also a great mind behind the makers of the film. In a lot of movies that I have watched, especially the thriller or suspense ones, a lot are getting problems with their phone’s signals, but in this movie, signal is definitely not a problem! (laughs)

            Even though there were a lot of flaws in the film, still, this is a good movie for all. It gives a lot of life related lessons and gives us awareness to the present situations happening. The movie is a roller coaster ride. It will bring you different emotions. For those who are claustrophobic, beware! Buried will give you a scare.