Hanks can't go wrong

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2007)

Before there was "Lost" and before there was "Survivor", there was "Cast Away". "Cast Away" is Giligan's Island if Giligan were the only one on it, and if he were Tom Hanks.
There was a t.v. show in the late 80's to early 90's called "Parker Lewis Can't Lose". They should have called it "Tom Hanks Can't Lose" because he is doing everything right. If Tom Hanks' popularity wasn't already astronomical enough, he just served to increase it with his role in this movie. How good of an actor must you be to have nearly an entire movie in which you are the sole focus. He was not the focus of several other characters, he was the focus because he was the only character. This movie, as simple as it was, was brilliant. Hanks did a great job as did the writers and director. Very few movies have mirrored the feat that "Cast Away" accomplished.