Buried
Summary: Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic dea...
Runtime: 1 h 35 min
MPAA: R
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 3,000,000
Domestic: $ 1,044,143
International: $ 18,395,621
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