| Help

My Shopping Basket

Your basket is empty

DVD

Serenity
Enlarge Image
£3.99 Free Delivery

RRP: £19.99 | You save: £16.00 (80%)

In stock | Usually dispatched within 24 hours

Related Promotions

 

Special Features

 

  • Introduction from writer/director Joss Whedon: Joss' original introduction to screening audiences
  • Audio commentary from Joss Whedon
  • Deleted scenes with optional audio commentary from Joss Whedon
  • Outtakes
  • 'Future History': the story of the Earth that was!
  • 'What's In A Firefly': see how Zoic visual effects studios helped bring Joss' unique vision to the big screen
  • 'Re-Lighting The Firefly': the story of how a cancelled television show gained a cult following to become a major film
  • 'A Filmmaker's Journey': with Joss, go from script to screen

Review

 

Can't stop the signal...

Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel) makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with Serenity, the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series, Firefly. A mix of space western, comedy, and drama, Serenity follows captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and his ragtag crew as they trade their way around the edges of civilized society. Of particular interest are two passengers they take on, Simon and River Tam (Sean Maher and Summer Glau), a brother and his telepathic sister on the run from the corrupt governing Alliance. As notorious former members of the anti-Alliance opposition, Mal and his crew make it difficult for Simon and River to stay hidden. Everything goes completely awry when a government assassin is sent to retrieve River. As Mal is forced to choose between his close-knit crew and the brother and sister newcomers, it becomes apparent that River harbors both a dangerous secret and astounding fighting powers, and Mal decides that discovering the truth about what she knows might just be worth his time.

Many of the film's action sequences revolve around Summer Glau's martial arts skills in her portrayal of River. Glau prepared for her role with Hong Kong stuntwoman Ming Lu, as well as stunt coordinators Chad Stahelski and Hiro Koda, and as a result performed nearly all the stuntwork herself. In addition to the stellar stunts, realistic graphics, and an often haunting score, the film's actors display a rare chemistry that brings viewers both into their lives and into a possible version of humanity's future.

Customer Reviews

 

Customer rating on Serenity: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Average rating (64 reviews)

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars Masterpiece!

Python15 | 03/10/2009 | See all Python15's reviews (32) »

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars INCREDIBLE

Bushido666 | 09/09/2009 | See all Bushido666's reviews (14) »

And even better, considering the current £2.99 price! Everything Star Wars wanted to be (I never really bought into the whole Star Wars thing, personally) Serenity is a spin off movie of the Fox Network series 'Firefly.' I think that 'Serenity' is better and funnier than 'Firefly,' but many will disagree. Either way, both can be enjoyed without having seen the other. BUY THIS MOVIE!

Customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars Good!

blackshaw | 31/07/2009 | See all blackshaw's reviews (52) »

Based on the tv series firefly, this film is good, but just does not met the same standard as firefly did. Firefly was brilliant, one of the best tv series i have ever seen, serenity is a good film, and i reccomend people to watch it. If you are planning to also watch the tv series i would watch firefly then serenity, i find it is better that way. Good film over all, especially river's fight sceens. Recommend to firefly fans, and people looking for a good movie.

Related Items - DVD

 

Related Items - Books

 

Related Items - CD

 

Related Items - Gadgets

 

Related Items - Blu-ray

 

Technical Details

 

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Michael Hitchcock, Sarah Paulson, Yan Feldman, Sean Maher, David Krumholtz, Rafael Feldman, Nectar Rose & Scott Kinworthy

Joss Whedon

15 years and over

2005

Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic

English - Dolby Digital (5.1)

English for the hearing impaired

1 hour and 55 minutes (approx)

Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

Other DVDs By the same director

 

Other DVDs featuring Gina Torres

 

Other DVDs featuring Alan Tudyk

 

Other DVDs featuring Adam Baldwin

 

Other DVDs featuring Chiwetel Ejiofor

 

Other DVDs featuring Summer Glau