Honestly, there’s nothing wrong with making America’s government, agencies, or contracting companies the bad guys on film; however, the nefarious tactics undertaken by the company toward the end of the film just to save a bit of insurance money is rather implausible. The amount of money that would be paid out to Conroy’s family would be change in an executive’s pocket. Cynicism is fine, and often profound, but Buried uses cynicism as filler instead of focusing on the character’s situation, something that Danny Boyle did rather well in the one-man-trapped premise of 127 Hours.
In the end, Buried doesn’t stray far from the content of “The Cask of Amontillado” as it looks at manipulation, subterfuge, false hope, and deception, even offering an ending that illustrates utter subservience, but the mounds of non-sequitur filler that the film employs should have snuffed out Conroy well before the credits rolled.
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