Serenity (film)

Serenity is a 2005 American space western film written and directed by Joss Whedon. It is a continuation of Whedons shortlived 2002 Fox science fiction television series Firefly and stars the same cast, taking place after the events of the final episode. Set in 2517, Serenity is the story of the captain and crew of Serenity, a Fireflyclass spaceship. The captain and first mate are veterans of the Unification War, having fought on the losing Independent side against the Alliance. Their lives of smuggling and cargorunning are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbors a dangerous secret.

In the 26th century, humanity has left an overpopulated Earth, colonizing many planets and moons. The central planets formed the Alliance and won a war against the outer planet Independentsthose refusing to join the Alliance. River Tam is among the young people being coercively conditioned by Alliance scientists to be psychic assassins. She is rescued by her brother Simon. During her training, River inadvertently read the minds of several officers and might have learned top government secrets. Consequently, a top Alliance agent known only as the Operative is tasked with recapturing her.The siblings have found refuge aboard the transport spaceship Serenity, captained by smuggler and Independent war veteran Malcolm Mal Reynolds. Despite Simons objections, Mal brings River on a bank robbery where they are attacked by the savage and cannibalistic Reavers. They escape, but Simon decides he and River will leave Serenity at the next port. Once there, however, a television commercial causes River to go berserk and attack numerous patrons of a bar, and Mal takes the siblings back aboard the ship. The crew contacts reclusive hacker Mr. Universe, who discovers within the commercial a subliminal message designed to trigger Rivers mental conditioning. He notes River whispered Miranda before attacking and warns them that someone else saw the footage. ........

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