Off Course

Rating: Null/10 (6 October 2004)

Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is a big shot in the growing FedEx company that requires his traveling all over the world checking on all the different braches. He is in a serious relationship with Kelly (Helen Hunt) and is at her family's Christmas dinner when he receives a page notifying him that he has to leave on another journey. This turns out to no ordinary journey for Chuck as his plane goes for a swim in the Pacific Ocean. Chuck soon finds himself stuck on a secluded island with nothing to live off of, except beached FedEx packages. Chuck finds friendship with a Wilson volleyball which he creatively names Wilson. After four years of being stuck on the island and having nothing but a picture to remember his beloved Kelly, Chuck developed the skills to live off the land and to build himself a raft to get back to civilization. Upon returning, Chuck Noland finds that life has gone on without him and his beloved Kelly has married. Chuck moves on from his heartbreak and delivers all of the packages that he used for his survival to their rightful owners while searching for a new beginning.
In the film of Cast Away director Robert Zermeckis shows that a person's life and dreams can all change in an instant. Not only does Zermeckis show the affects death has on close individuals, but also he shows the affects it can have on the world, or in this case a company. Zermeckis portrays a message in this film that if a person does not keep up with the world, the world will pass them up with out any thought.
Cast Away is a film which captures the audience with a story of love and nonstop adventure. It puts the audience in a place which can only be imagined. This is a very well acted film, because even after having only one person on the screen for over an hour and still it has the attention of the viewers. I enjoyed this film and would recommend it to anyone who is interested, because even though it has heartbreak, it leaves us with a chance of hope.