Zemeckis does it again.

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2000)

My favourite Zemeckis films have always been Contact and Forrest Gump. Now his new film Cast Away is added to that list. Cast Away is the ultimate Man vs. Nature epic. This films starts off with Chuck Noland,(Hanks) a Fed Ex executive who takes his job very seriously in Moscow pushing everybody to make their deliveries on time you find out alot about his character in the way he handles his job. He is a person who always has to be on time. When he returns home to Memphis you meet Kelly Frears (Hunt)who is Noland's girlfriend. During a dinner party with family and friends Noland is unexpectedly paged and has to go to somewhere off the east coast of asia to deliver some mail. Hanks and Hunt quickly exchange christmas gifts in the car on the way to the airport. During the very realistic and intense airplane crash into the Pacific Ocean Hanks finds himself stranded on a uninhabited island. The movie takes a daring turn here. The film becomes a one man show as Hanks finds himself stranded. This could make or break the movie for you. Hanks now does what he does best to make this a very entertaining one man show. During his stay on this island you will laugh, cry, and most importantly think about what is in store for this very entertaining character. The comic relief comes from a volleyball named Wilson with a face painted on it with Hank's blood. Cast Away is really everything the summers blockbuster The Perfect Storm was not. I didnt really feel for the characters in perfect storm. Hanks pulls off the role of Chuck Noland magnificently. The cinematography make you feel like you are with Hanks on the island. And best of all Robert Zemeckis's directs this film with so much genius and poise he becomes one of the best at what he does again.