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The Worst Film Ever

Sadly Over-hyped

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

After some success Kevin made bad movies,maybe for your own fault and may be arrogant and selfish,but in this picture has a great premise spoiled by ultra nationalist direction....so hard!!!Could be a better result if loaded the colors of primary Americanism...Tom Petty former member of super group Traveling Wilburys make a short appearance as Mayor and yesterday died at 66 years old...rest in peace Wilbury...Resume: First watch: 1999 / How many: 2 / Source: Cable TV-DVD / Rating: 7

...but it isn't horrible either. It treats a post-apocalyptic scenario as a semi sweet chocolate bar. Even the evil warlord is played as a pompous tyrant, with little more than greed for power as his goal...There is a story here, but it is overshadowed by some rather meaningless dialog, and mediocre acting, even by Kevin. this movie's saving grace is the premise of renewing the security of a forgotten land...through, you guessed it, a Postal Worker carrying mail to isolated people...No, it won't impress a lot of folks, but darn it, The Postman is a pretty entertainingly odd couple hours of distraction...

Kevin Costner's second post-apocalypse movie in the same number of years after WATERWORLD is a real yawner of a film, simply because the limited story does not fill three hours of screen time. An hour and a half and this might have made a decent movie, but at three hours the pacing is a crawl and the film difficult to sit through without losing interest. As an adventure, it's also seriously lacking in the kind of action these films require, and the minimal battles and fights that do exist are rather mundanely portrayed and uninteresting. Instead, it appears that Costner is interested in the moralising, the sentimentality, and the occasionally pretentious storyline about an everyday drifter who pretends to be a postman and invents a story of a new government in order to bring hope to the post-holocaust masses.It has to be said that the story is original and interesting (a rarity these days), but the endless padding and cheesy romance between Costner and Olivia Williams seriously drags things down. Costner is adequate in the role as the hero but seems unsure of himself at times, just giving vague expressions instead of acting when he has to. Instead of the clear-cut heroic roles of his past, instead he's portrayed as a pacifist and occasional coward who only fights after being hunted down by the enemy. His thunder is somewhat stolen by the superb and underrated Will Patton as the bad guy, General Bethlehem, who gives an in-depth and multi-layered performance as the intelligent villain and has a great screen presence - it's a shame this man doesn't get leading roles. Larenz Tate is also good as the young patriot, but Olivia Williams and her corny romance belongs in another film. The supporting cast is littered with the familiar faces of James Russo, Daniel von Bargen, Tom Petty, Giovanni Ribisi, and Joe Santos, but nobody gets a look in much and the only developed characters are Costner, Tate, Williams, and Patton.Without a doubt, THE POSTMAN has some great cinematography in places, especially in the sweeping vistas and magnificent landscapes it often uses as a backdrop. Yet the special effects are kept to a bare minimum, thus alienating the young thrill-seeking crowd, and after the blood-and-thunder of the likes of Mel Gibson's BRAVEHEART, audiences weren't expecting this off beat, slow-paced and preachy epic. I didn't hate it as much as some, but I did find it hard to keep up the energy of watching it in places. Probably the best aspect of the story is its originality, but this frequently means taking the tale into unsatisfying areas. Not a total failure, but that running time is a real killer for this kind of story.

The Postman (1997): Dir: Kevin Costner / Cast: Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Olivia Williams, James Russo, Tom Petty: Kevin Costner's flimsy follow up to Dances With Wolves with a theme regarding hope with mail carrying as a reference. Story regards towns isolated due to an army led by Will Patton. Costner plays a drifter who is taken prisoner. He escapes and finds refuge in a jeep where a skeleton and mailbag reside. He puts on the uniform in hopes that it will grant him a meal in the next town. He encounters a man who begs him to pregnant his wife so that they may have a child. Of course this man will be murdered so that Costner can move in anyway. Meanwhile Patton orders that every mail carrier be killed. Preposterous setup leads to unintentional humour that works like a bag of sh*t under your Christmas tree. This all ends with Costner and Patton pounding the snot out of each other and we are suppose to cheer it on despite its absurdity. Olivia Williams plays his childless mate whose prime purpose is to get banged without a rubber. James Russo is also featured as her husband whose purpose is to be expendable so that Costner can voice his superiority. Musician Tom Petty makes an appearance although one wonders how old he is at this point. Terrible and embarrassing epic that never had a chance of actually working. It is a laughable misfire by all involved. Score: 2 / 10