In a post-apocalyptic Oregon the charismatic fascist General Benjamin, Will Patton, leads a band of marauders from peaceful settlement to peaceful settlement preying on their military weakness. A drifting loner, Costner, accidently finds himself cast in the role of heroic saviour as the Postman, a memory of a lost civilization and a harbinger for a future one. A futuristic action movie from the novel of the same name. And it stinks.