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Buried (2010)
Harrowing film that will leaving you feeling hollow inside.
Stupid dude takes a job in a hostile war zone, where many people have been killed, kidnapped and executed in the past. He seems surprised when he gets kidnapped (well wakes up in a coffin). In his coffin are an Iraq mobile phone, a torch, some glow sticks, his zippo lighter his whisky in a small hip flask, a knife and his pills for stress (they don't really work in this situation though)
He speaks to a bunch of American people that don't know what to do, and to be fair what was he expecting. Calling 00911 and speaking to the police in America to tell them your buried somewhere in Iraq but you have no idea where is not gonna get you the help you want....
Anyway he eventually ends up speaking to some Special Hostage situation team guy over in Iraq that says he can help him. A kidnapper also calls and demand five million dollars (LOL) then later only 1 million Dollars. The Kidnapper is dumb as he should keep the man alive to use as a bargaining tool if he expects any money, but instead is quite happy to let the dude die.
Part way through a snake appears in the coffin and then escapes through a small hole in the side after he tries to burn it with his whisky. If a snake can get in and out then I'd be digging through that side of the coffin with the knife to try and follow it out, he cant be that deep as he gets 3 bars on his phone!
Anyway, he dies when he to much sand falls in from a hole in the top of the coffin.
As far as horror goes, it is horrific, the poor man's living in a real nightmare where he is helpless from start to finish. There are scenes that are genuinely harrowing to watch, like the shear frustration and impotence of the dude, and the call with his wife.
I gave it 5 stars as it did invoke some true horror, did make you sit there and wonder if he would be saved or not and it was original, (well not that original, i read a similar short horror story a few years back, with a man in a coffin with a mobile phone and helpless, the police don't really believe him and cant help and it turn out he was buried alive on top of the coffin of his living-dead wife, who is clawing up to get some revenge)
I could not give it a higher score as it was virtually a snuff film & the ending was just nasty and left you feeling sad at the end. They should have saved him, even if they just showed a slither of daylight through one of the cracks across his face and then ended the film there instead of watching him get crushed to death.
If you wanna feel sad and peed off then deffo watch this film.
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
Don't waste your time with this trash
The film sets up a romance gone wrong plot with Rudd's character trying to get his girlfriend back, while Carell's character trys to help but constantly makes things worse, this runs along side the other main plot about Rudd trying to get a promotion at work.
Steve Carell(whom I think is great in The Office), plays someone so dumb that its not funny, even the childish slap stick is more miss then hit. Paul Rudd plays the straight part to Steve Carell's 'funny' man, but the two don't have any dynamism together and just don't 'click', this means that Paul Rudds character comes across as very dull and boring. Most of the gags don't work and I'll never watch this film again and suggest you don't waste your time or money with it. I laughed once, briefly, mid way through this mess of a film. It seemed to last forever and I was overjoyed once it had finished so I could go and do something more fun like self harm.
Freeway Killer (2010)
The lead character makes this film.
I had this movie on a shelf for a few months as a back up movie, I'd heard no hype about it at all and was not expecting much, boy was I wrong!
Scott Anthony Leet, who plays the 'Freeway killer' really makes this film work, he is the creepiest most evil and sinister bad guy I've seen in any film to date. The way he sits looks at his victims has you squirming in your seat. The way he changes like lightening from smiling and joking, to angry, shouting and insane monster is scary and entertaining. He is so unpredictable and menacing that I could not take my eyes off the screen, he had me hooked within the first few minutes. The most disturbing aspect of the film is the fact it is based on a true story!
The only problem with the movie is that Leet is such an intense and overpowering on screen presence that he makes all the other actors look washed out and tired. But this could have been intended as most of them are drop outs, drifters and stoners.
I look forward to watching Scott Anthony Leet in future films and can certainly recommend this film to anyone who likes to be thrilled.