I actually saw this movie just recently, and it has quickly become one of my all time favorite movies. Serenity is a sci-fi western created by Joss Whedon (known for being the creator of Buffy, Dollhouse, Angel, and directing The Avengers). Serenity is something special, it's actually based off an incredible TV show called Firefly. Not often we see a movie come from a show. Firefly was also created by Joss and stars all the same people from Serenity. Firefly premiered in 2002, but was unfortunately canceled after the first season. Over the years it's grown a huge following, and Serenity was essentially the finale that we never got with Firefly. The movie takes place about 500 years in the future where humans have branched out to other worlds and are ruled by a government entity called the Alliance. A couple of years before the events that happen in Firefly, there was a war between the Alliance and some rebels; the Alliance won convincingly. Serenity follows a group of smugglers who take aboard a young doctor and his some what crazy sister. The sister (River) is a savant, she's a genius at everything she does. She was taken to an Alliance facility and had experiments done to her that turn her into a human weapon and left her mentally unstable. Her brother rescues her and they've been running ever since. Serenity takes place shortly after the events of Firefly. A high ranking government official has been assigned of stopping River, but the crew won't let that happen. While being experimented on, River learns of something that the Alliance wants to keep secret. So the crew decides to seek it out to get the upper hand on the alliance. And what they discover is so shocking, it will turn the whole galaxy against the Alliance. This movie is fantastic, and it's the closure Firefly fans needed. The movie is remnant of other Whedon scripts in that it is well written and serious, but it has that witty humor we've come to know and love. Probably my biggest complaint is that I wish it was even longer because I don't want the story to end. I love the Firefly universe so much, I just want it back. If you haven't seen Firefly, I can't recommend it enough. I truly believe it is one of the best shows ever. And who knows, there is so much fandom for this show they may bring it back one day. And Serenity is a worthy follow up to the series.
Note: If you haven't seen Firefly this movie won't make any sense.
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