The above poster (click it for full view) is a bit blurry, but the most devoted fans shall easily recognize actor Ryan Reynolds (a.k.a., Mr. Scarlett Johansson), who just happens to be the man-crush of Dustin Rowles (Pajiba), who has already mentioned this movie here and there. Apparently, Ryan plays an American contractor that gets kidnapped in Iraq and wakes up in a coffin with a cell phone, a candle, and 90 minutes (just enough for a movie) of oxygen. However, as you can see in the poster, Ryan’s character is screaming, which uses more oxygen than, say, not screaming, so that “90 minutes of oxygen” might disappear a bit faster than anticipated. Also complicating our suspension of belief is the fact that a candle requires (and rapidly consumes) oxygen to burn, but we’re gonna assume that this is a non-oxygen burning candle and merely present so that the audience can actually see Ryan Reynolds freak out for 90 minutes or so. Unfortunately, the guy appears to be wearing a shirt, dammit.

Incidentally, I need to ask you mates for a favour. Back in the late 1980s or early 90s, I saw about half of a typically awful USA film, and I cannot remember its name. The movie was about a guy whose wife was having an affair and decided to (inadequately) poison her husband to death; subsequently, he was buried alive. Then, he wakes up, clawed his way out of the grave, and then heads home and sticks his scratched-up hands into a sink full of rubbing alcohol. Sound familiar to anyone, or am I just making this shit up?

Imagery: IMP Awards