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Serenity (2005)
In writer/director Josh Whedon's 26th century, sci-fi
space action-adventure/western film (adapted from the TV series Firefly)
- his directorial debut film:
- the opening scene of doctor Simon Tam (Sean Maher)
rescuing his psychic 17 year-old, goth-like sister River Tam (Summer
Glau) from her Alliance captors, led by the evil and sinister government
Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who were experimenting on her brain
and wishing to harness her power ("Given the right trigger,
this girl is a living weapon")
- all of the characters that composed the crew of the
rogue Serenity transport spacecraft that took on the Tams
as passengers - including Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds
(Nathan Fillion)
- the scene in a way-station bar when River saw a subliminal
secret message in an anime advertisement ("Miranda")
- that triggered an aggressive attack
- the scene on the Outer Rim habitable planet of Miranda
where the crew encountered only corpses and watched a terrifying
hologram from scientist Dr. Caron (Sarah Paulson) who explained how
the Alliance caused death on the planet by using a Pax drug released
through the air processors - and thereby also contributed to the
development of hyper-aggressive, menacing, flesh-eating Reavers
- the final standoff scene of the Serenity crew
against the ferocious Reavers as Mal broadcast the truth of the hologram
message ("I'm gonna show you a world without sin") after
fighting the Operative and defeating him as River simultaneously
battled the Reavers single-handedly and left a pile of their corpses
at her feet to save the crew
- the concluding scene with River serving as Mal's
co-pilot in a repaired ship (and Mal's final line: "We'll pass
through it [storm] soon enough...What was that?")
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