In a word; fail!

After seeing the very cheap trailer, I didn't think it looked a very good film but there was a slight curiosity I had for it so I did decide to watch it but when I did, I thought it was an absolute failure of a film! There are many reasons for this but the biggest flaw is how in the FUCK can someone ring an emergency line in America from somewhere in Iraq on their mobile cell phone when the guy is God knows how far underground?! There would be no signal! I mean, that is like someone from Earth ringing another person from the moon! Well, not literally, but you know what I mean. The first phone call occurred very early into the film and it became a failure after only 5 minutes.


One thing I just cannot understand is the positive critical reception that Buried received. I mean, what was so successful and interesting about this film? In fact, what was good about it? I mean, there was nothing tense, heart-racing or emotional in Buried AT ALL. For me, it was just so boring! I mean, the phone issue made it a bad film but the fact it wasn't emotional and there was just hardly anything interesting about this film, it was just a disaster. It felt pretty random as well a guy suddenly getting trapped inside a coffin underground.


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 cell phone, 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.


Ryan Reynolds has never really been able to impress me with his acting (even from trailers) but, to be honest, I can almost say the exact same thing about his performance in Buried. I'm sorry but Paul (the character he played) literally had no personality and, quite frankly, I didn't even feel sorry for him that he was in that situation. I think they could have expanded and improved on the character a lot but obviously not. I mean, he seemed very forward because it suddenly started and *bang*, he was stuck underground in a coffin. I mean, over and over again where he would ring someone up and he'd tell them his situation, he'd start shouting out of fright and then the person on the phone would say ''Can you not shout over the phone, sir?'' or something along those lines. Another reason why this film was so crap was that there was no other story added that made it emotional! There were no supporting characters who are either friends or relatives of Paul's who are grieving over his disappearance and their desperation to find him! Only bit we got was a few random people on the phone who could have actually been anybody.


Rodrigo Cortés, who the f*** are you for starters and how can you carry on directing a film that was deeply flawed within only 5 minutes? This had no heart whatsoever and I couldn't feel any desire of compassion by the director, writers or even the actors involved. I mean, this could have been a similar kind of thing as Danny Boyle's 127 Hours that pretty much just stars James Franco but obviously not. As far as the making of the film, compared to the many films out nowadays, it is very cheap. The budget was under $2 million so that perhaps made it as cheap as a lot of films where effects aren't really required or a high budget for the set. Despite the film is so crap, I must admit there was like one or two moments where the filming was pretty good. I won't say because it is in fact a spoiler. The script was just lazy and the events were pretty much the same all the way through.


Overall, Buried is an absolutely rubbish film that I almost regret watching! It was just a very random that failed miserably. I mean, if there was no cell phone involved and if we actually had a supporting cast where they are grieving for Paul's disappearance and even if he tried to get out and died, it might been a great film but as far as I am concerned, this was an absolute pile of crap. I would tell everyone I know to just avoid this! Yes, there are worse films than Buried but, believe me, this isn't that far off from falling down to that level.