Serenity (DVD)
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Serenity
A passenger with a deadly secret. Six rebels on the run. An assassin in pursuit.
When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything - or anyone - to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But, the greatest danger of all may be on their ship.
From the mind of Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse, the upcoming Avengers movie based on the Marvel Comics series) comes a new edge-of-your-seat adventure loaded with explosive battles, gripping special effects and fantastic new worlds.
Serenity is a film that, by rights, shouldn’t have been made. For starters, it’s spun out of the short-lived and quickly-cancelled TV series Firefly, which has only itself got the full recognition it deserves on DVD. It then marries up two seemingly incompatible genres, the western and science fiction, has no major stars to speak of, and pretty much has ‘hard sell’ written all over it.
Perhaps that explains its modest box office performance back in 2005. What it fails to reflect, however, is that this is one of the most energetic, downright enjoyable sci-fi flicks in some time. Not for nothing did many rate it higher than the Star Wars movie that appeared in the same year.
It follows renegade captain Mal Reynolds and his quirkily assembled crew, as they work on the outskirts of space, trying to keep out of the way of the governing Alliance. That plan quickly changes when they take on a couple of passengers who have attracted the attention of said Alliance, and thus the scene is set for an action-packed, cleverly written movie that deserves many of the plaudits that have rightly been thrust in its direction.
What’s more, Serenity works whether you’ve seen the TV series that precedes it or not. Clearly fans of the Firefly show will be in their element, but even the casual viewer will find an immense amount to enjoy.
The movie stars Nathan Fillion (TV's Castle), Morena Baccarin (Stargate SG1, Anna in the remake of V), Summer Glau (Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dollhouse), Gina Torres (Alias, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions), Chiwetel Ejiofor (2012, Salt, Children of Men) and Alan Tudyk (I, Robot, the remake of V)
