Cast Away (Blu-ray) Widescreen

Solid and emotional as always

I am the only one in my family who liked this movie. Somehow a few years back my VHS version went "missing". So I've been on the hunt for the DVD. Not easy to find. Thought I ordered the regular version, but the blue ray was delivered. Luckily my PS2 will play blue ray. Haven't watched it yet, but am looking forward to it. I think it's one of those movies, you have to be a Tom Hanks fan, and just enjoy his acting.

Literally from the moment when humans began traveling the seas and oceans out of the sight of land, there have been tales of people being shipwrecked and marooned. Sometimes it is small groups of people on an uninhabited island, other times there are natives on the island and in a few cases, it is one person all alone. Different and more expanded versions of this story arose in science fiction after interplanetary travel became plausible. The recent hit movie “The Martian” is the best-known example of the lone person marooned. This movie is one where a single person somehow manages to survive a destructive plane crash and wash up on the beach of an uninhabited tropical island. Tom Hanks stars as Chuck Nolan, an engineer with FedEx that is a hard driving, yet somewhat personable individual. He is flying as a passenger in a company cargo jet when they encounter a violent storm and there is an onboard explosion of some kind. Once on the island, Nolan needs to immediately satisfy his basic needs of food, water and shelter. He struggles to get a fire going, open a coconut and other basic tasks with no modern tools. Fortunately, a few packages from the plane wash up on the beach and he finds some useful items in them. After four years, he realizes that if he does not leave the island, he will die there alone and largely forgotten. This movie is nearly all Tom Hanks and he does a superb job of playing the increasingly eccentric exile in an odd form of solitary confinement. In order to keep himself sane, he must go a little insane, inventing a semi-imaginary companion to talk to. It is a worthy addition to the story of how humans can adapt in the most strenuous of circumstances and with no hope of any assistance.

Fabulous movie

I love this movie. Tom Hanks will always be a great actor. He did a great job with this. Thank you for promptly delivering it to me.

Great movie at even a better deal

Movie theater quality

I enjoyed this movie.

This is a movie about a man that survives a plane crash over the ocean, only to find himself stranded alone on an island. Due to a reef and currents, he cannot get off the island. He has to learn to fend for himself. I really enjoyed this movie. It has love, loss, action, and survival.

Good movie, totally scary in the beginning