A classic case of interesting story turned commercial

Rating: 6/10 (25 December 2000)

Riding on the coattails of Survivor, comes the movie Cast Away. I had the same complaints with Cast Away as I did with Survivor. Everyone wants to see a person sent to the naked edges of the Earth, and observe the actions, instinctive, animalistic, etc... There needs to be more motivation than just "survival." In Cast Away, Tom Hanks is stranded in the South Pacific (which doesn't happen until well into the 30 minute mark- a signature-Zemekis move of not getting to the point). The story, if we disregard all that has happened prior to this, is still interesting as hell- Man against Nature in its raw-est form. Still, Tom Hanks did a pretty good job. It's not as good of a movie as I had hoped for, but it's not without it's charm. 6 of 10