Film Review: Serenity
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Cert: 15
Director: Steven Knight
Screenwriter: Steven Knight
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, Charlotte Butler, David Butler, Rafael Sayegh, Michael Richard, Robert Hobbs, Kenneth Fok, Garion Dowds, John Whiteley, Edeen Bhugeloo
Running time: 1h 46min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
Violence & Gore:
Profanity:
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
Frightening/Intense Scenes: None
Story: Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen (Anne Hathaway) tracks him down with a desperate plea for help. She begs Dill to save her - and their young son - from her new, violent husband (Jason Clarke) by taking him out to sea on a fishing excursion, only to throw him to the sharks and leave him for dead. Karen's appearance thrusts Dill back into a life he'd tried to forget, and as he struggles between right and wrong, his world is plunged into a new reality that may not be all that it seems.
Likes: There are not that many films that can truly capture my attention like these type of films that you have to use your brain to figure out what it actually happening. Yes, there is time this film that truly messes with your head, with some crazy moments that come from a typical Matthew film, but if you truly sit a watch this film and Analysis it by the end you should realize what is actually going on.
Ive seen a lot of reviews from the film none of them seem to get this, you probley had spoiler from people saying this film is bad with the twist because they saying that Matthew McConaughey is just playing a character in his son computer game, which actually isnt what's going on in this film.
It's the Complete Opposite, without giving to much away, the human mind is a complex thing. When we go through trauma or mental stress the mind tends to have a defence and we create a safe place in our minds that we go to shut out the world we live in.
It's this very complex story writing that has been mixed into this film, which I think alot of people don't recognize, which is why this is not a film for someone with a Low IQ because you might look at this film and think WTF is going on. But the film story does have a purpose and what your seeing is a subconscious mind in conflict with itself, it's clever and the acting in this film is Incredible.
Most of the story you're possibly getting from the trailer where Matthew plays a freshman that seriously intense at time, his ex-wife played by Anne Hathaway who turn up out of now with asking for him to kill her Abusive husband played by Jason Clarke.
Don't let this part of story fool you, you have to listen to the dialogue which reveals what is actually happen, the ending reveals more than you realize which make this film actually a well-written story, with a mind-blowing theme that will mess with your head if you not paying attention.
Dislikes: I think the Film does reveal a little too much in the 2nd act of the film, but it's not actually what going on so that might fool some audiences.
Overall: Mind Blowing story writing about how a complex the mind work in moments of traumatic stress
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 8.9 out of 10
Cert: 15
Director: Steven Knight
Screenwriter: Steven Knight
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, Charlotte Butler, David Butler, Rafael Sayegh, Michael Richard, Robert Hobbs, Kenneth Fok, Garion Dowds, John Whiteley, Edeen Bhugeloo
Running time: 1h 46min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
- Several sex scenes not too intense.
- Full male buttocks and the top half of female buttocks are shown.
Violence & Gore:
- Some violent images of murder, but not a whole lot of violence
Profanity:
- Probably about 50 uses of the f word, one motherf****r, some uses of arsehole and son of a bitch.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
- Character is shown getting drunk while out fishing.
- Main characters smoke cigarettes throughout the film.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: None
Story: Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen (Anne Hathaway) tracks him down with a desperate plea for help. She begs Dill to save her - and their young son - from her new, violent husband (Jason Clarke) by taking him out to sea on a fishing excursion, only to throw him to the sharks and leave him for dead. Karen's appearance thrusts Dill back into a life he'd tried to forget, and as he struggles between right and wrong, his world is plunged into a new reality that may not be all that it seems.
Likes: There are not that many films that can truly capture my attention like these type of films that you have to use your brain to figure out what it actually happening. Yes, there is time this film that truly messes with your head, with some crazy moments that come from a typical Matthew film, but if you truly sit a watch this film and Analysis it by the end you should realize what is actually going on.
Ive seen a lot of reviews from the film none of them seem to get this, you probley had spoiler from people saying this film is bad with the twist because they saying that Matthew McConaughey is just playing a character in his son computer game, which actually isnt what's going on in this film.
It's the Complete Opposite, without giving to much away, the human mind is a complex thing. When we go through trauma or mental stress the mind tends to have a defence and we create a safe place in our minds that we go to shut out the world we live in.
It's this very complex story writing that has been mixed into this film, which I think alot of people don't recognize, which is why this is not a film for someone with a Low IQ because you might look at this film and think WTF is going on. But the film story does have a purpose and what your seeing is a subconscious mind in conflict with itself, it's clever and the acting in this film is Incredible.
Most of the story you're possibly getting from the trailer where Matthew plays a freshman that seriously intense at time, his ex-wife played by Anne Hathaway who turn up out of now with asking for him to kill her Abusive husband played by Jason Clarke.
Don't let this part of story fool you, you have to listen to the dialogue which reveals what is actually happen, the ending reveals more than you realize which make this film actually a well-written story, with a mind-blowing theme that will mess with your head if you not paying attention.
Dislikes: I think the Film does reveal a little too much in the 2nd act of the film, but it's not actually what going on so that might fool some audiences.
Overall: Mind Blowing story writing about how a complex the mind work in moments of traumatic stress
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