Wow, cancled before I even found it
Great mix of cowboys and star wars! Definatly worth a look if either of the cowboy/star wars intrest you.
Firefly/Serenity (2005)
cover Directed by
Joss Whedon
Writing credits (WGA)
Joss Whedon (written by)
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Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller (more)
Tagline: Can't stop the signal. (more)
Plot Outline: Captain Malcom Reynolds finds himself running from a skilled Alliance operative who wants River Tam, and who will stop at nothing to get her; meanwhile, River's capabilities become more clear to the crew of Serenity. (more) (view trailer)
User Comments: Very entertaining and consistent with the series (more)
User Rating: ********__ 8.5/10 (32,475 votes)
Cast overview, first billed only:
Nathan Fillion .... Mal
Gina Torres .... Zoe
Alan Tudyk .... Wash
Morena Baccarin .... Inara
Adam Baldwin .... Jayne
Jewel Staite .... Kaylee
Sean Maher .... Simon
Summer Glau .... River
Ron Glass .... Shepherd Book
Chiwetel Ejiofor .... The Operative
David Krumholtz .... Mr. Universe
Michael Hitchcock .... Dr. Mathias
Sarah Paulson .... Dr. Caron
Yan Feldman .... Mingo
Rafael Feldman .... Fanty
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Also Known As:
Firefly (USA) (working title)
Firefly: The Movie (USA) (working title)
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references.
Runtime: 119 min
Country: USA
Language: English / Mandarin
Color: Color
Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS
Certification: Norway:15 / Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) / Sweden:15 / Brazil:14 / Finland:K-15 / Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) / Netherlands:12 / Germany:16 / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Singapore
G / Ireland:15A / New Zealand:M / Canada:14A (Ontario/Alberta/Manitoba/British Columbia/Saskatchewan) / USA
G-13 / Australia:M / UK:15
Trivia: EASTER EGG: From the main menu screen, keep clicking "left" until you light up a triangle with a dot in the center on the right side of the screen. This icon will take you to the full Fruity Oaty Bar commercial. (more)
Goofs:Crew or equipment visible: During the vault scene on some shots you can see there is no left wall to the set and the sound stage wall can be seen beyond the set. (more)
Quotes:
[deciding to leave the ship]
Dr. Simon Tam: River, do you want to stay with them?
River Tam: It isn't safe.
Dr. Simon Tam: No. I fear it isn't safe.
[walks away]
River Tam: [quietly] For them.
User Comments:
38 out of 63 people found the following comment useful:-
Very entertaining and consistent with the series,
Author: mstomaso from NJ, USA
I tried desperately to avoid getting my hopes elevated beyond reason, but it was to no avail. I have watched the entire Firefly series twice over the last two years, and had always hoped that it would somehow return. Firefly was one of the most recent examples of an intelligent, challenging, sci-fi show getting mismarketed and canceled by network TV. Firefly was a western adventure set in space with a compelling plot and bold, very likable characters. Serenity is its reprise in a full-feature film. Still, Serenity endeavors to introduce non-fans to its characters and major story arc in a very clever and subtle way, so that fans and non-fans alike can appreciate it completely. Those familiar with the saga of River and her alliance pursuers will enjoy the consistency with which the characters are portrayed and the development of her character into what she could have realized had the show been permitted to fully mature.
Serenity is a Firefly class space transport ship operating illegally on the outskirts of Alliance civilization - the lawless edges of a solar system with many inhabited, terraformed, planets. Captain Malcolm Reynolds is stuck between reavers - cannibalistic semi-human sociopaths who prey on unsuspecting ships in this outer realm, and the alliance, from which he and his crew have been running for months.
The focus of this movie is the resolution of a story arc first developed in Firefly - that of River Tamm and her brother, Serenity's ship doctor, though it focuses on the entire ensemble cast in much the same way the TV show did - allowing each to fully and complexly develop. I will give a bit of the back-story here though you don't need it to appreciate the film.
Mal is an internally conflicted man with a strong sense of justice and a big warm heart which he shields with a frigid philosophy and an attempted stoicism. He and his first officer Zoey were part of a defeated rebellion against The Alliance (a federally organized empire of fascist urbanites reminiscent of the society of Gattaca). With the war lost, Zoey married to his pilot (Wash), a thug (Jayne), a young prodigy engineer with limited social graces (Kaylee), an aristocratic prostitute (Inara), and a few mysterious fugitives Shepherd Book, Simon, and River, he has set out to smuggle and thieve his way through the outer territories, disrupting and avoiding the alliance all along the way. The crew of Serenity have given up civilization as the cost of freedom.
River and Simon had begun as passengers, but Simon's medical skills and the fact that the Alliance seemed to have an irreversible interest in either killing or kidnapping Simon's sister River gave Reynolds reason to become interested in them. After a while it became clear that River had been the subject of a variety of experiments involving violence and telepathy conducted by The Alliance. First appearing to be dangerously insane, River became more and more recognizable as a weapon.
The characterizations in Serenity are very strong, and the cast is top-notch. Although I was never entirely thrilled with her in Firefly (though I always respected her talent), Summer Glau (River) *+1 really steals the show with her powerful, evocative performance. The script and story are excellent, though I felt the pace of the dialog could have been slowed a bit for the sake of dramatic quality. There is plenty of action in this film, though it does not fall into the trap that most recent sci-fi has of losing its plot, intelligence and characterizations in boring and absurd action sequences. The cinematography, though not as revolutionary as that used in Firefly, is excellent.
My only disappointments - and they is a mild one at worst - are that I thought the plot could have been a little more complex, original and intelligent, giving the film the intense drama that some of the best episodes of the series had (such as Bushwhacked) and the fact that excellent original theme song for the show did not appear anywhere in the film.. The villain of the film was interesting and well developed, but I would have preferred a few minutes less action and a little more character development for him.
Nevertheless, I recommend Serenity highly to sci fi fans - particularly those who want more of a human story than Star Trek has offered lately, and might be looking for something less soapy and intense and more fun than the excellent new BSG. it really does not matter if you have seen the series. This film stands on its own.
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