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Actors: Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Summer Glau, Chiwetel Ejiofor
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Serenity |
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Malcom Reynolds is the captain of the spaceship Serenity. He takes a doctor and his disturbed sister River on board, unaware that an Alliance operative is after River. Her brother had broken her out of a lab that sought to use her for her psychic capabilities. Now they want her back because her powers gave her access to all the governments secrets while at the lab.
In an uncharacteristically unselfish move, Mal decides to harbor River from the Alliance, and in the process, he and his crew set out to discover the mystery behind the government's cover-up about the vicious Reavers, monsters that plague the edges of the universe.
--Sarah Bastin, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Character operated on/altered?
Yes
Kind of alteration:
- Given added abilities
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- pilot, civilian
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- Very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity
- Black
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physical condition
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Spaceship setting:
- futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this movie takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- empty, or nearly empty world
- spacesuit needed on surface
Planet outside our solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Misc settings
- lab
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie
- boring
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vauge references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- None
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
- exploding spaceships
- exotic spaceships
- exotic alien landscape
Is this movie based on a
- TV show
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