Sundance 2010 Preview: BURIED

94 minutes of watching Ryan Reynolds trapped in a coffin.  To some, this might sound like some sort of strange torture technique.  To us, this sounds like an awesome premise for a suspenseful and even emotional movie.  The early buzz on BURIED is that it is a highly intense film that leaves your claustrophobic inner child wanting to rush to the bright lobby of the theater.  Reynolds is a very gifted actor, and it seems like it is dramatic roles like this that are sure to have him quickly breaking from the comedic and comic book roles he’s been handling until now.

Official synopsis:

Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) is a U.S. citizen working as a contract driver in Iraq. After a swift and sudden attack on his convoy, he awakens to find himself buried alive inside a coffin with nothing more than a lighter, a cell phone, and little memory of how he ended up there. Faced with limited oxygen and unlimited panic, Paul finds himself in a tension-filled race against time to escape this claustrophobic deathtrap before it’s too late.

If the sheer logistics of this premise are enough to make your head hurt, rest assured that director Rodrigo Cortés tackles these issues with relative ease, aided a great deal by a superbly convincing performance by Reynolds, the lone on-screen actor in the film. The result is a gripping and suspenseful thriller that will leave you gasping for air until the very end.

BURIED plays at the following times:

Saturday, January 23rd at 11:30 PM at the Library Center Theatre in Park City
Sunday, January 24th at 12:00 PM at the Broadway Centre Cinemas VI in Salt Lake City
Wednesday, January 27th at 11:30 AM at the Prospector Square Theater in Park City
Thursday, January 28th at 11:59 PM at the Library Center Theatre in Park City
Saturday, January 30th at 11:59 PM at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City

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