百年50部英文燒腦電影賞析：[2]Buried 埋葬

On October 23, 2006, Paul Conroy(Ryan Reynolds), an American civilian truck driver based in Iraq, awakens buried alive in a wooden coffin, bound and gagged, with only a Zippo and a BlackBerry. Although he initially has no idea how he got there, he soon starts to piece together what has happened to him. He remembers that he and several other trucks were ambushed by insurgents, who killed his colleagues before he himself was hit by a rock and passed out. He receives a call from his kidnapper, demanding that he pay a ransom of $5 million or else they will leave him in the coffin to die. Conroy calls the State Department, which tells him that due to their government policy of not negotiating with terrorists, they will not pay the ransom but will try to rescue him regardless. They connect him with Dan Brenner(Robert Paterson), head of the Hostage Working Group, who tells Conroy they are doing their best to find him. His kidnapper calls Conroy back and demands he make a ransom video, threatening to execute one of his colleagues who survived the attack. Despite complying with their demands, the kidnappers execute his colleague and send him the video, which he watches in horror. Shortly afterwards, distant explosions shake the area, damaging his coffin which begins to slowly fill with sand Conroy continues sporadic phonecalls with Brenner, skeptical of the man's promises of help. To reaffirm his wholehearted intentions, Brenner tells Conroy about a man named Mark White who was rescued from a similar situation two weeks prior, telling him that the man was home with his family and likely happy.

Later on, Conroy receives a phone call from his employers, who inform him that he was fired from his job due to his fraternizing with the colleague that was executed, and thus he and his family will not be entitled to any benefits or pension he earned during his time with the company. Brenner calls back and explains that the explosions that had damaged his coffin earlier were in fact several F-15 bombings, and that his kidnappers may have been killed. Conroy begins to lose all hope and does a last will and testament in video form, giving his son all of his clothes and his wife his personal savings. His kidnapper calls back demanding that Conroy video record him cutting his finger off, threatening Conroy's family back home in Michigan if he refuses, saying himself that he lost all of his children. Conroy films himself cutting off one of his fingers and sends the video.

After some minutes, Brenner calls, notifying Conroy that they had found his location and are driving out to find him. After that, his wife Linda Conroy(Samantha Mathis)calls him, who heard it on the news and left her phone at home. She cries with him and begs him to promise her that he will come home. He promises, but hangs up due to needing to attend to the sand which is now filling the coffin to dangerous levels, giving him seconds to live. Brenner calls Conroy again, and reports that they found the site. The group starts to dig up a coffin, but Conroy cannot hear them jumping on the coffin. When they open it, the coffin turns out to be that of Mark White's and not Conroy's, indicating that Mark White was never saved. Paul starts to cry as the battery on the phone runs dead, and he slowly suffocates as the sand fills up the coffin. The last thing he hears is Brenner, repeating, “I'm sorry, Paul. I'm so sorry.”

2006年10月23日，一名美國籍卡車司機保爾·康瑞(瑞恩·雷諾茲飾)在伊拉克遭遇綁架，醒來時發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在一具被固定密封的棺材里，身邊只有一只打火機和一部手機。他開始回想自己是怎么來到這里的，尋找記憶碎片時，他記起來包括他的車在內(nèi)，有幾輛卡車遭到反動派的埋伏，他的同事慘遭殺害，他也被石塊砸中昏過去了。這時綁架者打來電話，叫他準備五百萬美元的贖金，否則就在棺材里等死?？等鸫蚪o美國政府，依照政府規(guī)定，美國是不會和恐怖分子進行談判的，也不會支付贖金，但是會去解救康瑞。政府把電話轉(zhuǎn)接到人質(zhì)解救部門主管丹·伯納(羅伯特·帕特森飾)那里，他表示會盡全力搜救康瑞。綁架者又聯(lián)系康瑞，叫他制作一段討要贖金的錄像，否則就將其中一名幸存的同事撕票。康瑞滿足了他們的要求，然而綁架者并沒有遵守承諾，將他的同事撕票并制成了錄像發(fā)給了他，這讓康瑞毛骨悚然。隨后，遠處發(fā)生的數(shù)次爆炸影響到棺材所在地，棺材外面開始瀉沙進來。康瑞懷疑伯納是否會履行救助的承諾，不斷給他打電話，為了重申自己的誠意，伯納告訴康瑞，他們就在兩周前還成功解救了一名與他情況相似的受害者馬克·懷特，此時懷特正在家中和家人享受天倫之樂。

后來，康瑞接到他雇主的電話，通知他，由于他與那名被撕票的同事稱兄道弟，公司決定開除康瑞，并且不會給他和他家人支付他工作期間的福利和津貼。伯納也打來電話說，之前影響到棺材的幾次爆炸是來自F-15戰(zhàn)斗機的轟炸，綁架者可能已被炸死。康瑞開始陷入絕望，他錄制了遺囑和遺言，把自己的衣物留給兒子，把存款留給妻子。這時候綁架者打來電話，要求康瑞錄制一段切除自己一根手指的視頻，威脅他如果不這樣做，他遠在密西根的孩子便會遭遇不測。于是，康瑞按要求錄下了視頻發(fā)給綁架者。

在短暫的幾分鐘后，伯納打來電話告知康瑞，他們已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)棺材所在地，并驅(qū)車前往拯救。之后妻子琳達·康瑞(薩曼莎·瑪西絲飾)打來電話，她把手機落在家里了，從新聞上得知了丈夫的消息，哭著懇求他一定要活著回來?？等鹨贿叴饝?，另一邊由于沙子已經(jīng)上升到危險的程度，不得不掛斷電話。伯納再次打來電話，告知已經(jīng)找到棺材埋藏地點，拯救隊伍開始挖棺材，而康瑞卻聽不到他們跳上棺材的聲音。當他們打開棺材，發(fā)現(xiàn)里面的人不是康瑞而是馬克·懷特，這意味著懷特從未被解救。手機的電量不足，康瑞因絕望而開始哭泣，隨著沙子一點點漫上來，他逐漸窒息，他最后聽到的是，伯納在電話那頭不停地說：“保爾，對不起，對不起。”