Cast Away glows in retrospective as a chilling drama that foreshadowed things to come

Rating: 9/10 (2 March 2007)

With little words and many emotions, Tom Hanks prevails in Cast Away as the sole survivor of a plane crash who is forced to learn to live alone on a deserted island, with a football he calls Wilson being his only companion. Four years before Lost saw the light of day and one year before 9-11, Cast Away glows in retrospective as a chilling drama that foreshadowed things to come. However, the fact the film is followed with an optimistic note and has some truly moving sequences, gives us all hope there might still be a light at the end of the tunnel. Kudos also goes to director Robert Zemeckis who managed to turn this one-man-mission into a moving journey of faith and hope.