When Xiao Lizi's "The Revenant" was released this year, it was called another wild survival drama. The object of comparison was the reality version of "Robinson Crusoe" starring Oscar winner Tom Hanks in 2000-- - "Desert Island Remaining". This is a one-man show in which Hanks is alone. In order to make this film, he grew his long hair and became fat and thin to lose weight and gain 18 kilograms. It was really hard.
The film tells the story of Chuck, a FedEx system engineer who is impatient, has a clear goal, and pays attention to speed in everything. He pays attention to precision and efficiency in both life and work. Every day and any place are in his control. Because he is a super workaholic , so there is very little time to spend with his girlfriend Kelly, and the two have small frictions from time to time.
On the night of Chuck's business trip, Kelly gave him an ancestral pocket watch to show his heart, so Chuck boarded the company's small plane for express delivery full of hope for life. Who knew that the plane crashed on the way and only He drifted all his life to an uninhabited desert island with only crabs and coconuts.
On an isolated island that has cut all ties with modern life, Chuck's only purpose is to survive. He turned his attention to survival after trying to meet a big boat by paddling a raft and building a stone as a sign to expect the plane to see it. Thirsty and no water, hit the stone with a coconut, not once, twice or three times, and then sharpen a stone knife as a tool. Fork fish in the sea, use the sun to make fire. At this time, because of the bad teeth that he didn't have time to pull out before the disaster, he finally knocked out the bad teeth with ice skates and stones. Use all primitive methods to make your own boat...
Draw a face with your own blood on a volleyball, name it Wilson, and this is his only friend and sustenance on this isolated island.
In this way, 4 years have passed. When the time was right, he took Wilson on the road. After drifting more than 400 kilometers, he was found and saved.
After the rebirth, Chuck returns home, everything has changed, his appearance has brought trouble to Kelly, who already has a family and children, and he himself is out of touch with the world because of his isolated desert island life. , he is no longer the workaholic who once emphasized speed.
At the end of the film, he came to deliver the courier to the home where the courier started in the film. On the way back, he lost his way at a crossroads. After getting directions from passers-by, he still wandered and didn't know where to go.
The crossroads that Chuck faces is just like the new life he wants to start after his rebirth. It all depends on himself, how to choose. Unlike the busy life at the beginning, I can finally slow down and seriously reflect on my purpose in life, my work, my relationship, and even life itself.
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