I’m really a bit of a sucker for any apocalyptic tale. Perhaps the fact is that I just know we’re done for one of these days anyway, or maybe I’d like to hear the tale of the underdog who manages to scrape through in such circumstances. Then again, maybe I feel like I’ll never have the chance to experience the Old West, and it’s about as close as I might get – though it would be at the expense of a great deal of our society to get there. Not saying that I’m the one who’d be able to save the world or anything. I just find the stories more interesting than a Utopian future is all.
Nonetheless, this one focuses mostly on a generally reluctant hero – Theo Faron (the typically under-rated Clive Owen), thrust into the role of bringing the world back from the brink of destruction when he becomes the protector of a pregnant woman. This is significant because she is the first such instance in years, and while a single pregnancy may not save the world, it does offer some amount of hope.
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This movie, based on the Firefly series, surrounds a psychic named River, who was imprisoned as the alliance tried to suppress her knowledge of certain events. Unfortunately her brother walked into the facility and broke her out. Along the way, they meet up with the crew of Serenity, who are naturally not friendly with the authorities, and thus begins the adventure.
The band of brigands aboard Serenity have no idea what secret River is holding, nor do they know what secret she herself is hiding – mostly because she doesn’t seem to know. What they do know is that they don’t really like the people she’s hiding from, so they don’t have a problem keeping River away from the people who want her, and that’s about all that matters.
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Drama on June 24th, 2006 by Chad Everett
I expected a lot out of this movie – mostly because it had really good reviews from what I had seen. I can’t say that I was completely disappointed, but it didn’t really live up to its billing either. It wasn’t exactly a bank heist, but it wasn’t exactly as advertised, either.
The actors that you’d expect to do something wonderful (Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster) didn’t. They were okay, just not great. The others weren’t notable at all. I think that the movie tried to do too much. Had it cut out the extra pieces unrelated to the heist (and probably 30 minutes of its length), it probably would have been a lot better.
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