Buried

★★★★ THRILLER This tense thriller never loses its grip from its opening scene – when Ryan Reynolds’ truck driver in Iraq wakes up inside a coffin – to its brilliant closing moment. The film focuses entirely on Reynolds and his predicament as he discovers he has been kidnapped and uses the only things at his disposal – a lighter and a mobile phone – to try to get help before his air runs out. The film is compelling and clever and Reynolds’ tour de force does it full justice.

Dir: Rodrigo Cortés 2010, 15, 120min