Me and Óli went to see Joss Whedon’s Serenity at a Nexus pre-screening yesterday, I didn’t even bother to invite Sara since she hates these kind of movies. The film was aired back to back without a break and no subtitles (the way movies should be watched). The film is a independent sequal to the short lived television series Firefly which was cancelled after only 12 episodes airing on Fox, but the first 15 episodes were made available on DVD. After having watched the series on DVD of course I had to go see the movie. The film is an action packed sci-fi flick that is filled with suspense, drama, humor, CGI and a great plot. It tells the tale of the crew of the Serenity, a rouge crew of space cowboys which manage to get themselves into trouble at every turn. Among the crew are a doctor and his little sister, River which are wanted by the all controlling Alliance so they are always on the run but when River goes hairwire it thrusts them into a turn of events that makes them determineted to learn the truth about the Alliance. This is a must see for all sci-fi fans.
Rating: 5/5

The crew of the Serenity is getting desperate. They have lain lower and lower to protect their doctor, Simon Tam (Sean Maher), and his telepathic traumatized little sister, River (Summer Glau), from the alliance, whom he rescued her from a year earlier. This has made getting jobs harder and now they are desperate. When they take River on a robbery during which Reavers (humans who have gone crazy and turned into cannibals) attack, Simon decides that its time to leave the crew of the Serenity for his and River’s safety. She then mutters “Miranda” and goes berserk and nearly shoots Capt. Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), until her brother says the safety word to put her to sleep. Reynolds decides to take them back on board for safety, only now an alliance operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is on their tracks and making Reynolds determined to find out what “Miranda” is and what the Alliance is hiding.

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