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Movie Review: "Serenity" (2005)A genuine writer/director left out cold half-way in Hollywood season 2002/2003 with an original television series called "Firefly", following a bunch of mercenaries on a spaceship out for game, challenge and advantage through the galaxy, getting here a shot at the major league by distributing "Universal Studios" as director Joss Whedon fulfills as delivers his casting crew members front-running actor Nathan Fillion as Captain Reynolds to confront nemesis character ingenious portrayed by 27-year-old Chiwetel Ejiofor, when magic realism takes moments in a lean slick as run-out lean script also written by director Joss Whedon to support following starship crew members as actress Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk and Adam Baldwin to shine in constant demanding storyline of an intergalactic female assassin, hidden on the title-given spaceship as a relentlessly pursuit by an military regime continues in order to exploit the human as extra-terrestrial enhanced organically-organized weapon, while the director is able to keep suspense levels on the high level throughout in a one-hundred-ten-minute final cut.Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Enterteinments LLC
mattkratz
This movie relies a lot on visual effects and picks up where the cancelled series Firefly left off. It also has a decent story as the cast wards off a threat. If you're into science fiction and enjoyed the show, this is a must for you. It would help if you're a fan of the show and are familiar with the cast. The ending was a little tragic though. I enjoyed the action scenes, the great moments among the cast members, and how this might remind you a bit of other great science fiction shows like Star Trek and Babylon 5. The cast really works well together, as it did in the show. You will love this movie! *** out of ****
mike48128
This has been called everything from a "Space Western" to "1984 in Space". It borrows well from many concepts and is indeed better than a few of the grandiose overblown Star Trek Movies. A critical success that barely broke even at the box office. Outstanding in almost every category. Acting, script and dialog, EFX, costumes, sets, photography, you-name-it! Based on the 14 episode Fox Series "Firefly" using (some of) the same cast. Capt. "Mal" Reynolds and his "rag-tag band of pirates and thieves" fight and die hard (Yes, some die) and become involved in the plight of a 17-year-old girl, completely raised and programmed by the Alliance, in an effort to control her amazing psychic abilities. She can "hear" thoughts."River Tam" is saved by her brother, Dr. Simon Tam, and they end up as passengers and participants on an amazing space adventure. A bank robbery on a planet and a "kick-Ass" fight in an alien bar. Along the way we are given "hints" about River's other fighting talents. Untimately, it's all about a terrible secret that the Alliance wants to keep hidden. After "terraforming" an entire solar system, on the planet "Miranda", a special gas released into the atmosphere killed off most of the population and turned the rest of the inhabitants into flesh-eating monsters. A most unusual plot twist has the good captain almost fighting-to-the-death and then creating an uneasy truce with "The Operative". I enjoyed it and so did Roger Ebert, way back in 2005.
zkonedog
While watching the "Firefly" TV series, I was only so-so about the show after the first couple episodes. Then it started growing on me and by the end I was really drawn into the characters. That is the same basic pattern, ironically enough, for this follow-up movie "Serenity"...starting up slow but building momentum with every passing scene.For a basic plot summary, "Serenity" sees Mal (Nathan Fillion) and his crew "still flying". The focus this time is on River Tam (Summer Glau), who is being pursued by an operative of the Alliance (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Along the way, Mal & Co. have in a few rough scrapes, learn much more about the psychotic Revers, and ultimately make a decision that will define their overall mission.Half-way through "Serenity", I was thoroughly unimpressed and thinking a 2-star review would be in order. The characters seemed different from where the TV show left off and I was having a difficult time meshing the two things together. Of course, Joss Whedon was given a very difficult assignment here by having to introduce a new audience to already-established characters. So, for more season "Firefly" viewers, the first hour seems a bit disjointed and strange.The last 45 minutes or so, though, are truly incredible and showcase everything that is good about the entire "Firefly" concept. The characters come together and begin interacting as a team again, the humor is at the right pitch, and the gritty nature of the future is never more apparent. What was very much a middling effort is turned into a great cinematic experience in the span of just under an hour.Though "Firefly" was never given a true send-off from FOX (instead being cancelled just when it seemed things were getting good), "Serenity" provides a very nice coda to such a well-written, well-imagined series. The character "re-development" is a bit strange, but once things settle down this flick tells one of the better "Firefly" stories in the show's canon.
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