Boring

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The acting in this movie is really good.

I was reading bad reviews and it lead me to check this films rating as... a huge film fan (over 1000dvds in my collection), I love all sorts, but this was a piss poor excuse of a film!So.. the whole concept of keeping the guy isolated to make the audience feel it and pulled in, yes, good idea.. for a bit, then it just got rather dull, so much so I started to get frustrated.. How much do Films cost and make on box office? I started working out how much it would take me to recreate the movie.. the most expensive thing in the film was the guys blackberry.. Don't listen to any review that says it's good or artistic as it was a complete bag of drivel! I would rather watch ANY film than this again!! Any!

Gave it 2 stars bacause I somehow went against my instinct to turn it off after 2 minutes and then it held me. It had some hope of becoming good so I kept watching. There never was a positive turn. All bad all the time and mostly unrealistic. I kept saying "that would never happen" or "they wouldn't have said or done that". There has to be SOME reality- not a figment of some twisted imagination right to the end. Total waste of time - wish I trusted my instinct. Movies are to be entertained, not disturbed. And it's not 'art'. It's just amateurish crap.

Ryan Reynolds...... Known for his comedic overtones and flashy smile. THIS film is anything but comedic. A well paced drama and thriller with just ONE actor..... Ryan Reynolds does an outstanding performance as a truck driver in Iraq who awakes buried in a wooden box underground. The stiff camera angles were amazingly shot as Ryan was in the box and we get the feel of claustrophobia and the intensity with how this is portrayed. I simply thought this was an amazing piece of art work done by the director and by Reynolds. 8 out of 10

Warning Spoilers! Absolutely terrible film. Several, sort of, plot lines that might result in our buried man being saved but all lead to nothing. I say buried man because there's no connection to the only actual character of the film. Some of the reviews seem to like the film because of its claustrophobic nature. I don't even think that's done well. Try watching The Vanishing 1988 to see it done with an actual plot. As if it wasn't bad enough watching close ups of a sweaty man in a box for hours in the hope of him being saved and maybe even getting revenge on his captors. No he just dies oh and his wife and kid don't get the insurance either because he might have been having an affair. I mean as if things weren't bad enough. Stupid.