Saturday, June 02, 2007

Serenity (2005)

Synopsis (SPOILERS): In the future, humans have travelled out of the Earth and populated other planets. A central government imposes its rules upon all of them, but some are not inclined to obey. A young girl who does not accept the current form of government and has psychic powers is kept in a laboratory and subjected to experiments. She is rescued by her brother, and then both join a group of rebels in a spaceship. They are chased by a ruthless government agent, who wants the girl back; apparently she is extremely dangerous. She somehow remembers the name Miranda which seems to be very important; it turns out to be the name of a planet. The rebels decide to go over there to see what is wrong, but in order to reach the planet they have to cross a region which is controlled by a race of cannibals. They successfully perform the crossing and arrive at the planet, only to discover that everyone there has died due to having inhaled a substance which was meant to calm people down.

Appraisal: Nondescript sci-fi adventure, with a weak plot and a TV-like style.

Rating: 19

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