Rent Serenity (2005)

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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:
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Directors:
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:
27/02/2006
Run Time:
114 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Joss Whedon Introduction
  • Feature Commentary With Director Joss Whedon
  • Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By Director Joss Whedon
  • Outtakes
  • Future History - The Story Of Earth That Was
  • What's In A Firefly
  • Re-Lighting The Firefly
  • A Filmmaker's Journey
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

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04/11/2011

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.

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