Buried

A movie about a man, Paul Conroy, taken hostage in Iraq and buried alive for ransom.  As most of you know from watching the trailers.

One of the challenges in a movie like this with one location, see Phone Booth and Rear Window for good examples of this, is how to keep it interesting being in only one location.  With Phone booth and Rear Window there were other actors on the screen.  With Buried, Ryan Reynolds is the only actor you see through much of the movie.  Everyone else was done off screen.

The tension must be kept up, with a deadline, get the money by 9PM or he's left to die.

And wow was this such an amazing job.  Ryan Reynolds was awesome.  You can definitely feel his terror of being in the situation.

A great film, definitely one of my favorites of the year.  A must see movie.  If you liked Phone Booth and Rear Window, you'll love this movie.