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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

Although the entire movie takes place in the enclosed space, director Rodrigo Cortes and writer Chris Sparling are ingenious in creating more plausible action than you would expect possible.

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Cast & Crew

Rodrigo Cortés
Director
Stephen Tobolowsky
As Alan Davenport (voice)
Ryan Reynolds
As Paul Conroy
Samantha Mathis
As Linda Conroy (voice)
Robert Clotworthy
As CRT Spokesman (voice)
Anne Lockhart
As CRT Operator (voice)
José Luis García Pérez
As Jabir (voice)
Kali Rocha
As 911 Operator (voice)

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Paul Conroy, an American civilian working in Iraq, wakes up to find himself buried alive in a wooden coffin. With only a Zippo lighter, a pen, and a BlackBerry phone at hand, he must navigate through the darkness and find a way to escape before it's too late. As he tries to piece together what happened to him, he receives a call from his kidnapper demanding a ransom of $5 million. With the help of the State Department and FBI, Paul must race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap before it's too late.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Buried include Shutter Island, Coherence, Gone Girl, Chloe, The Prestige, The Skin I Live In.

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Buried was released in theaters on September 24, 2010.