It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Movie Review: "Serenity" (2005)A genuine writer/director left out cold half-way in Hollywood season 2002/2003 with an original television series called "Firefly", following a bunch of mercenaries on a spaceship out for game, challenge and advantage through the galaxy, getting here a shot at the major league by distributing "Universal Studios" as director Joss Whedon fulfills as delivers his casting crew members front-running actor Nathan Fillion as Captain Reynolds to confront nemesis character ingenious portrayed by 27-year-old Chiwetel Ejiofor, when magic realism takes moments in a lean slick as run-out lean script also written by director Joss Whedon to support following starship crew members as actress Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk and Adam Baldwin to shine in constant demanding storyline of an intergalactic female assassin, hidden on the title-given spaceship as a relentlessly pursuit by an military regime continues in order to exploit the human as extra-terrestrial enhanced organically-organized weapon, while the director is able to keep suspense levels on the high level throughout in a one-hundred-ten-minute final cut.Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Enterteinments LLC

Mal, the captain of Serenity carries on his ship a very special girl. River, a young psychic who has been trained by the Alliance as a human weapon, was rescued by her brother and thus she represents the number one target for a merciless assassin, sent specifically to get rid of "the evidence". Although she is perceived as a threat by the crew, she will prove to be a priceless key in unveiling a disturbing secret, kept safe at all costs by the Alliance.It's a dramatic story filled with action and shooting while its complex characters contribute decisively to a wonderful atmosphere. You become connected to the events, start to care about the captain, River with her troubled life and the others. The action is pretty spectacular, at one point I started wondering if I was actually seeing The Matrix in space. It definitely looks great for its time although the effects are not groundbreaking. It made me enjoy it from one end to the other, it surprised me with its story and course of events and it thrilled me with its characters. A must see!

If someone would ask me my favorite scifi movie, I would name this one first. I never saw the Firefly series, so came in without any knowledge about the Wheeldon universe. But you don't need to, the movie is on itself and an unbelievable masterpiece. No doubt the Firefly series has honed the characters, they are well developed, sharp and witty. You can sense the chemistry. Every line they speak makes sense, every scene is a joy to watch. The story and plot will leave you breathless. Even if you are not into scifi, this is a movie you will love.

This has been called everything from a "Space Western" to "1984 in Space". It borrows well from many concepts and is indeed better than a few of the grandiose overblown Star Trek Movies. A critical success that barely broke even at the box office. Outstanding in almost every category. Acting, script and dialog, EFX, costumes, sets, photography, you-name-it! Based on the 14 episode Fox Series "Firefly" using (some of) the same cast. Capt. "Mal" Reynolds and his "rag-tag band of pirates and thieves" fight and die hard (Yes, some die) and become involved in the plight of a 17-year-old girl, completely raised and programmed by the Alliance, in an effort to control her amazing psychic abilities. She can "hear" thoughts."River Tam" is saved by her brother, Dr. Simon Tam, and they end up as passengers and participants on an amazing space adventure. A bank robbery on a planet and a "kick-Ass" fight in an alien bar. Along the way we are given "hints" about River's other fighting talents. Untimately, it's all about a terrible secret that the Alliance wants to keep hidden. After "terraforming" an entire solar system, on the planet "Miranda", a special gas released into the atmosphere killed off most of the population and turned the rest of the inhabitants into flesh-eating monsters. A most unusual plot twist has the good captain almost fighting-to-the-death and then creating an uneasy truce with "The Operative". I enjoyed it and so did Roger Ebert, way back in 2005.