A continuation of the Firefly TV series that was cancelled after only one season - a mistake IMO - Serenity is the brainchild of Joss Whedon (writer and director), creator of two of the more successful TV series of the last decade: Buffy The Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel.
A young psychic woman has been freed from an Alliance research facility and taken on board the Serenity, a ship captained by ex-war hero Malcolm Reynolds. The crew of the Serenity specialize in smuggling, robbery and in general doing whatever they can to stay employed in the post-war era. The fact that they all fought for the losing side in the war and are on the run from the Alliance is just another thing for them to cope with in their daily lives - until they find out that their young passenger may be more dangerous - and valuable to the Alliance - than they thought.
It's an intelligent movie that lets you use your own mind to fill in parts of the storyline. The characters are for the most part 3-dimensional, solid and not exactly what you expect them to be. All in all, a refreshing departure from the normal Hollywood cardboard cut-outs. The story itself ties back to the Firefly shows, so familiarity with that TV series will be a plus but it isn't necessary to enjoy the movie.
PQ is good, with decent FX, and sound is better than average. Maybe not up to the cutting edge standards of today's mega-budget blockbusters, but good enough not to detract from the story.
Already being a fan from the Firefly days, I give Serenity :4: out of :5:.
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