| Of course, if you read the novel first, you may be disappointed, as David Brin is extremely talented, and Costner's treatment of this adaptation leaves a lot out. Kevin Costner directs and stars in this post-apolaclyptic vision of the future
that is very loosely based on the characters and events of David Brin's
classic novella of the same name. The book, of course, is superior in many
ways, but it is not fair to compare the two because they are essentially
different stories. Costner plays a wanderer in Oregon, several years after
third world war, where society has been reduced to fuedalism. He happens
upon a postman's uniform and inspires people to have faith in a fictionalized
restored United States, which encourages people to give him room and board.
Unfortunately, the local survivalist/fascist lord takes offense at this and
seeks to have him killed. As an action/adventure movie, it's pretty good,
and as an inspirational movie, it's decent. In places though it's a little
over-the-top.
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