Anyone with a sensitive disposition, claustrophia or an aversion to Ryan Reynold (as if...) look away now. In fact, *everyone *look away now because if there's one thing guaranteed to chill the soul it's the thought of being trapped in a coffin with nothing but an ever-dwindling air supply for company.
This, as this teaser poster on First Showing neatly illustrates, is the predicament facing Ryan Reynolds in Buried. As truck-driver Paul Conroy, he finds himself abducted by Iraqi insurgents and confined six feet under in a coffin with only 90 minutes of fetid air and a mobile phone for company. And it's not even an iPhone. As the man said, life's a bitch.
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Spanish director Rodrigo Cortés' first English-language film, **Buried **went down a storm at Sundance, generating serious buzz and winning a distribution deal with Lionsgate. It's out - or, more fittingly, laid down - on 8 October. If that seems a long way off, keep your eyes peeled for more on the official site in the meantime.