Rent Serenity (2005)
3.7 of 5 from 399 ratings
1h 54min
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- Synopsis:
- Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, now ekes out a living aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew, but when Mal takes on two new passengers - a young doctor and his telepathic sister - he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, and so Serenity finds itself caught between the unstoppable military force of the Alliance, the horrific, cannibalistic fury of the Reavers - and another danger lurking at the very heart of the spaceship...
- Actors:
- Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Krumholtz, Michael Hitchcock, Sarah Paulson, Yan Feldman, Rafael Feldman, Nectar Rose, Tamara Taylor, Glenn Howerton, Hunter Ansley Wryn, Logan O'Brien
- Directors:
- Joss Whedon
- Producers:
- Barry Mendel
- Voiced By:
- Mischa Pfister, David Sobolov, Joss Whedon
- Writers:
- Joss Whedon
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- Films & TV by topic, Giant Leap for Mankind: A History of Astronaut Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 01/05/2009
- Run Time:
- 119 minutes
- Languages:
- Canadian French DTS 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Japanese DTS 5.1, Latin American Spanish DTS 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Alliance Database
- Mr. Universe Compendium
- Digital Tour Of Serenity
- Visual Commentary With Writer/Director Joss Whedon & Cast
- Feature Commentary With Writer/Director Joss Whedon
- Feature Commentary With Writer/Director Joss Whedon & Cast Members Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau and Ron Glass
- Deleted Scenes With Commentary By Director Joss Whedon
- Outtakes
- Joss Whedon Introduction
- Future History - The Story Of Earth That Was
- What's In A Firefly
- Re Lighting The Firefly
- A Filmmaker's Journey
- We'll Have A Fruity Daty Good Time!
- Extended Scenes
- Take A Walk On Serenity
- The Green Clan
- Session 416
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/10/2017
- Run Time:
- 119 minutes
- Languages:
- Canadian French DTS 5.1, English DTS:X, French DTS 5.1, Japanese DTS 5.1, Latin American Spanish DTS 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Canadian French, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of Serenity
Recommended even if you haven't watched Firefly (though you ought to watch that anyway) - Serenity review by CP Customer
This is like the best ever episode of Firefly - funny and clever with shocks, thrills and tears along the way. The cast are all great and Chiwetel Ejiofor does a fantastic job as the evangelical murderous bad-guy, The Operative. And, finally, two of the big mysteries are kind of solved - what's with River and what about the Reavers?
Even if you don't know what any of that means, Serenity's well worth seeing, and can be appreciated just as you can enjoy a Star Trek movie without knowing Spock from Pickard. The Serenity universe is much more human than the Star Trek one though, and full of the incredible detail and human drama that Joss Whedon does so brilliantly. As he says on the extras, these people are the ones that The Enterprise would pass by at warp speed without noticing.
So, I really recommend it. However, if you think you're going to love this space-western of heroic bandits, evil government and messed-up telepathic fighting-machine teenage girls, then start with the Firefly series, as watching this first might give away a bit too much.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.