Marooned

Rating: 7/10 (12 December 2013)

Robert Zemeckis directed this compelling drama that stars Tom Hanks as FedEx executive Chuck Noland, whose plane crashes into the ocean for an undetermined reason, and he manages to swim ashore to a deserted island, where he must learn to survive, as he will be marooned there for several years... Thoughts of his girlfriend Kelly(played by Helen Hunt) and a friend named Wilson(a volleyball he discovers among the damaged packages) keep him sane, though his eventual rescue at sea will in some ways be just as difficult... Superbly acted and directed film seems quite authentic and believable, even if the later scenes back home seem like a bit of a letdown, that may be part of the point!