I was kept in isolation for a day because the winter in Nebraska just decided to murder us for no apparent reason. So, I thought of what better way to start off the new year and the month of January, with a movie about isolation and loneliness. Buried is a movie where Ryan Reynolds does a one-man performance being buried alive for his crimes of bad movie choices, not really but it is one of those movies like Locke where its one actor is performing a one-man act for ninety minutes. Although this has more intrigue and more WTF moments this movie can muster. Also, I know I am acting crazy when I say this, but this is hands down one of Ryan Reynolds best performances of a lifetime, I mean if I can find four movies that I consider his best it would most certainly be Deadpool 2, The Hitman's Bodyguard, Deadpool and Buried. So, lets dive in deep into being buried alive.
A civilian truck driver in Iraq, Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) falls victim to a band of insurgents. An unknown length of time later, Paul awakens in a coffin, with little more than a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-glowing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, Paul must fight panic, despair and delirium as he awaits a rescue that might not arrive on time.
Surprisingly, when thinking about this great movie I finally realized that this movie does remind me of the film Locke with Tom Hardy, and both movies just have these great one man acts where they are in a small place, we are the one character does not have anyone with him just all by himself with the loneliness and isolation. Although Locke is another great film this movie brings the isolation and claustrophobia to a whole new level of madness. Out of all of Ryan Reynolds I've seen, this movie without a doubt is his best performance ever, but the problem is after this movie, he continued to make nothing but absolute garbage, for example after this movie which came out in 2010, he comes out with Green Lantern and that Jason Bateman movie The Change-Up and it's like yeah sure you have to make the personal movies then make the big budget movies but there's a thing called READING THE SCRIPTS, moreover having a clear thought that this movie might be bad, though the thing I'm beginning to accept is that none of these actors or actress that deliver a good performance and is remembered for a certain movie but just chooses not to read is beyond me and Ryan Reynolds is a great example of that. Director Rodrigo Cortes, in terms of filmography this is the one movie where he's most famous for which, yeah I think it’s obvious that he was or maybe tired of Hollywood so I guess it makes sense that he's disappeared off the face of the earth, but I will have to give this man great praise because he was more influenced by two Alfred Hitchcock movies Rope and Lifeboat (for which now I need to check out Lifeboat) moreover this was an outstanding movie that kept you on your seat for ninety minutes of one man inside a coffin. The film was filmed in Barcelona for 16 days, and Ryan Reynolds stated while filming he suffered from claustrophobia (much like the character he plays). Furthermore, the coffin he was in was gradually filled with sand as filming went on such that he was buried while shooting the climatic moments, and when you watch this movie yeah, it is just shocking and creative in terms of how Cortes was able to create. Even the Cortes and his production crew had a team of paramedics on standby in case Reynolds lost his shit or told him that the Canucks or Senators lost the Stanley Cup. Defiantly a forgotten hidden gem of a movie that hands down needs to be seen, by the entire world it is again one of those great one man acts that keeps you on the edge of your seat till the final frame moreover has the inspirations of Alfred Hitchcock as well. So, if you loved Reynolds in the Deadpool movies but hate his other movies I would highly recommend watching Buried and it will convince you that this was Reynolds best movie ever.
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