Trapped: Buried Alive (2002): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2002, Trapped: Buried Alive is an action, thriller and drama film directed by Doug Campbell, running about 96 minutes. “A thundering roar. A flash from above. A family buried alive. Now, can a mother's spirit and a father's courage save them before it is too late?” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. The management of a ski resort blatantly ignores a local expert's warning that a mass of snow has build up which is just waiting to come down the ski slopes in a terrible avalanche. Instead of clearing the endangered area, skiers are allowed to remain 'for the rest of the day'. Nature doesn't wait till after business hours, so the crystallized wave rushes down and crushes everything on its path, including a brand new hotel; among the guests is the architect Michael Cooper's own family, which now tries to remember the plans well enough to find the way out, as he tries to instruct the rescue operation above, where a second, even larger avalanche is expected.

Who’s in it. Trapped: Buried Alive stars Jack Wagner as Michael Cooper, Gabrielle Carteris as Emily Cooper, Mark Lindsay Chapman as Reno Riley and Morgan Rusler as A.J., among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 4.5/10, Trapped: Buried Alive has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Trapped: Buried Alive page.

If you liked it. Fans of Trapped: Buried Alive tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.