BURIED [2010]

In this Spanish thriller directed by Rodrigo Cortés, Canadian smart-ass Ryan Reynolds is given the chance to shine as the only actor to be seen on screen throughout the entire film.
Reynolds plays an American truck driver working in Iraq who's taken hostage and buried alive with nothing but a lighter and a cellphone. The film plays in real time and is an emotional roller coaster, forcing the viewer to hold their breath as their own claustrophobia and tension sets in. While the film doesn't quite live up to it's extreme potential it does a mighty fine job at holding your attention for what little it has to work with.
It's depressing, hopeless, tense and quite frankly one of my worst nightmares.

3 tear-jerking long distance phone calls out of 5