


OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a brief summary of the content found in this sci-fi action flick that's been rated PG-13. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). RON GLASS plays a preacher/philosopher who gives the crew sanctuary.Ĭurious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit?.DAVID KRUMHOLTZ plays a technology and communications wizard who assists Mal and is "married" to a robotic wife.SEAN MAHER plays her brother, the ship's doctor who's concerned about her well-being.She's tormented by something hidden in her head as well as the aftereffects of experimentation the Alliance did on her. SUMMER GLAU plays a young psychic girl who's been pre-programmed as some sort of martial arts weapon that can suddenly go ballistic at a moment's notice.MORENA BACCARIN plays a courtesan of sorts who Mal likes and eventually goes to see (although nothing sexual occurs).JEWEL STAITE plays the engineer who longs for love from something not battery operated.ALAN TUDYK plays her husband, the pilot/navigator of the ship known for his dry sense of humor.GINA TORRES plays the ship's second in command, a loyal woman secretly (or not) married to the ship's pilot.CHIWETEL EJIOFOR plays a determined and deadly government operative who will do anything and kill anyone in his way of finding and retrieving River.ADAM BALDWIN plays his friend and fellow former rebel fighter who often clashes with Mal over any number of issues, including their efforts to protect River.

NATHAN FILLION plays the resourceful, self-deprecating and sardonic captain and former rebel fighter who decides to risk everything in preventing the Operative from getting his hands on River (and in doing so fights various people).WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references. Others interested in humorous, action-filled sci-films might want to as well.
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WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they're fans of the short-lived TV show "Firefly," that's a definite yes. Universe (DAVID KRUMHOLTZ), Mal and his crew try to avoid the Operative as well as zombie like creatures known as the Reavers who habitually kill and eat humans. With the aid of the likes of Mal's love interest and courtesan Inara (MORENA BACCARIN), preacher/philosopher Book (RON GLASS) who gives them sanctuary, and technology and communications guru Mr. Their actions, however, draw the attention of a steely government agent known only as The Operative (CHIWETEL EJIOFOR) whose sole purpose is to find River and prevent what's hidden in her mind from possibly destroying the Alliance. She's resisted their efforts so far and turns out to be quite the pre-programmed martial arts expert after the crew rescues her.

It seems that his younger sister, River (SUMMER GLAU), a reported psychic, is being held by the Alliance that wants something important out of her head. He's the catalyst for the crew's next mission. Kaylee (JEWEL STAITE) is the lovelorn engineer, wise-cracks are provided by muscular mercenary Jayne (ADAM BALDWIN), and the crew's doctor is Simon (SEAN MAHER). Those in his crew include Zoe (GINA TORRES), his second-in-command, as well as her husband-pilot Wash (ALAN TUDYK). Now that it's over, former rebel fighter turned opportunistic businessman Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds (NATHAN FILLION) leads his ragtag crew of the Serenity through space, taking whatever odd jobs pay the best. The resultant government - known as the Alliance - has colonized and controls the galaxy's inner planets, but those inhabiting the outer ones revolted, resulting in a bloody civil war. PLOT: 500 years in the future, Earthlings - facing overpopulation - have set out to colonize other planets in a distant galaxy. QUICK TAKE: Sci-fi: A group of futuristic, post-war mercenaries and rebel fighters tries to avoid zombie-like creatures as well as a government operative who's after the psychic girl they've recently rescued. (2005) (Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin) (PG-13)
