The Postman (1997 Kevin Costner effort)
Continuing the theme of postman-related films, this one I'd been avoiding up till now. And it turns out for good reason: It's basically a dry run for Waterworld.
Also, I'm getting a bit sick of USAnian habit of using contrived post-apocalyptic scenarios as an excuse to re-enact their civil war. It wasn't even a very good civil war, but if you want to make a thing about it, do an alternate history or something.
Highlight was the scene where $evil_military_commander seems to be about to execute someone, but makes him burn a flag instead....and that's made out to be worse!?! Lowlight was the scene in which they make clear that over the course of 30 years they've brought the country - if not the rest of the world - up to a level of at least 1980s technology, simply by merit of getting over the whole civil war thing, and having a postal service.
That's three hours I'm not getting back. Waterworld was funnier.