After FedEx systems engineer Chuck Noland is ripped out of his hasty life by the watch in a plane crash, he finds himself alone on the shores of a tropical strange island. First, stres gets to him and then he understands how little his chances are to ever get back to people place. 4 years later, Chuck has understanded very good how to save on his own, mending his teeth health, catching fish with a spear, estimating the weather with a self made calendar. A photograph of his girlfriend kelly has kept his hopes alive all these years. In the end, Chuck takes the chance to go home. He set off on a wooden raft with a sail that has washed ashore.