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I grew up with the idea that in the future space travel was going to be warp drives, worm holes, aliens and perfectly uniformed crews. This film is a departure from what we have come to expect from SciFi movies. Set about 500 years in the future, the story is about a young girl who's mind has been used in experiments by the Alliance (a Big Brother type government) before being rescued by her brother. They become passengers aboard Serenity, and as a result have placed the crew in danger as the Alliance wants this girl back at any cost. When the dark secret is revealed as to what the Alliance has been up to and why, the crew of this tiny ship takes on a mission to put a stop to their plans. The acting is superb, lots of action, great one liners, and plenty of humor thrown in to keep it from being too dark. This is a movie I could watch time and again. Joss Wheden has created a gem that will endure as one of the best written, directed and acted SciFi films of all time. Buy this for yourself and your friends, and who knows...there could be a sequel!