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A Balasaur Score of 45 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 14%, Metacritic 29/100. Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do. Most of the 392 1990s science fiction movies in this catalog score higher. It runs long at 2h 58m.
Synopsis
In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Metacritic29/100
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
1,235 audience votes
Key crew
- Eric RothScreenplay
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- Kevin CostnerDirector
- Brian HelgelandScreenplay
Cast
- Kevin CostnerThe Postman
- Will PattonBethlehem
- Larenz TateFord
- Olivia WilliamsAbby
- James RussoIdaho
- Daniel von BargenSheriff Briscoe
- Tom PettyBridge City Mayor
- Scott BairstowLuke
- Giovanni RibisiBandit #20
- Roberta MaxwellIrene March
- Joe SantosGetty
- Ron McLartyOld George
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Themes
armybased on novel or bookhorseback ridinganti herolawlessnessinspirationwastelanddrifterfictional warfightingalternative realitytyranny