After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find a truck driver working in Iraq is buried alive inside a coffin; with only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this death trap.
Remarkable achievement staging a whole movie with only one actor trapped in a coffin; well scripted with a great performance by Ryan Reynolds.
Maltin**1/2: "Claustrophobic but intriguing film is definitely not for all tastes, but does tell an unusual story that is equal parts ingenuity and terror. Reynolds acquits himself ably, but this might have worked better as a longish short subject. Bests Hitchcock's LIFEBOAT in one sense: its minuscule setting."
A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a
rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now
threatens all life on Earth.
Standard sci-fi horror yarn in the vein of Alien and Gravity with a few, but not too many good moments.
A family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the
day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after
leaving to raise her children.
Well-made family drama with a large ensemble of characters demands some attention, before one can peice together the stories from different time periods; the cast is splendid, especially Dafoe as the horrifyingly tyrannical father.
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch decides to
turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole
lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
A Tarantino wannabe thriller lacking his wit and plot consistency; overladen with characters and plot threads, indecisive in its tone and with a unexpected and unconvincing twist ending.
Maltin*1/2: "Good cast can't save this patchwork of farce, action, and drama...Keys is solid in her screen debut as one of the bounty hunters, but the story is a mess and director Carnahan seems to be in love with ludicrous, over-the-top violence."
