The Postman (DVD)

After Kevin Costner's 1995 movie 'Waterworld' sank into a whirlpool of debt and on it's release was mauled by critics and audiences his next directorial adventure, 1997's 'The Postman' was met with scepticism and derision. The movie is typical Costner - at almost three hours long, it's an epic story starring Costner as a likeable hero. Full of interesting characters and heart wrenching storylines this movie has much more in common with Costner's masterpiece 'Dances With Wolves' than it does with his 'Waterworld' flop. Costner stars and directs 'The Postman'. It is an adaptation of the sci-fi novel of the same name by author David Brinn. The action is set in a ...  Read the complete review

Set in 2013 some 16 or so years after a major apocolyptic event (most likely a war judging by the after effects) we follow the fortunes of a nameless character played by Kevin Costner. He starts out as a simple traveller and entertainer using his talents to get food and shelter. He is press ganged into slavery in the Holn Army (who it seems are in some way responsible for the war so it may have been a civil uprising to overthrow the US Government), a local brigade run by the fanatical General Bethlehem who was nothing but a simple copier salesman before the war. He manages to eventually escape and during a storm seeks shelter inside a postal van ...  Read the complete review

The Postman tells the story of a post war world where people are picking up the pieces to survive. People have left the ruined cities and have made for the vast wilderness to begin new lives with the main priority being to just survive the day. Technology has ceased to exist; the world has effectively gone back to the Stone Age. As the story develops Costner's character escapes from the group of mercenaries called The Holnists whose plan is eventual domination, upon his escape he comes across the skeletal remains of a Postman. Costner takes the clothes and wears the uniform of a US Mailman. As he travels he finds that the survivors take him on board and ...  Read the complete review