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Serenity
Summary: A fishing boat captain juggles facing his mysterious past and finding himself ensnared in a reality where nothing is what it seems.
Runtime: 1 h 46 min
MPAA: R
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 25,000,000
Domestic: $ 8,547,045
International: $ 5,907,577
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13 year old2010sabuseabuse victimabused wifeabusive fatherabusive husbandabusive relationshipabusive stepfatheralcoholalcoholicallegoryambiguous endingantiheroartificial intelligence programassumed identitybandanabarbare buttbare chested malebarefootbartenderbeachbeach housebeardbeatingbeerbig game fishingbilingualismblack catblondebloodblood in waterboatboss assistant friendshipboss employee relationshipboy geniusbreaking the rules of a gamebrief male frontal nuditybroken handbusiness cardcaptaincar radiocatcatching a sharkcatching fishcharacter repeats someone else's dialoguechauvinistchild abusechild with a black eyechildhood traumachoice and free willcigarettecigarette lightercigarette smokingcliff divingclose up of eyecomputer gamecomputer programmerconspiracycontract killingcornfieldcutting up fishdangerdark pastdarknessdead fatherdeceased fatherdesperationdomestic abusedomestic violencedouble crossdreamdrinking rum from a bottledrowningdrunkennesselectronic music scoreestranged from childex husband ex wife relationshipex husband new husband relationshipex husband versus new husbandex wifeexistentialismf wordfantasy sequencefantasy versus realityfatefate trying to influence free willfather son relationshipfearfellatiofemale nudityfemale rear nudityfemme fatalefictional character becomes self awarefinancial troublefishfish finderfish marketfish tankfishermanfisherman's luckfishingfishing boatfishing rodfishing tripflashbackfloridagamemastergangstergenre changing plot twistgetting drunkgigologreat white sharkgrieving songrindhouse filmheavy rainhookhotelhotel roomhuge plot twisthusband wife relationshipimplied pedophileindependent filminterracial friendshipiraq wariraq war veteranislandit studentjumping from heightjumping into waterjumping off a cliffjusticejuvenileknifelighthouselightninglooking at oneself in a mirrormale nuditymale objectificationmale prostitutionmale protagonistmale pubic hairmale rear nudityman overboardman undressesman versus fateman wears eyeglassesmapmemorymetamidnight moviemistaken for being crazymoneymoney problemsmoral dilemmamother son relationshipmurdermurder for hiremurder plotmysterious manmysterious pastnaturismneo noirneo noirishnews reportnipples visible through clothingno opening creditsnon player companionnotebooknpcnude swimmingnudismobsessionoceanoffscreen killingold flameone word titleopen world gameoverhead camera shotpalm treepanicparanoiapassionate kisspassionate sexpay phonephotographpickup truckpierplaying a video gameplea for helpplot twistpredestinationpremarital sexprofanitypsychological traumapsychotronic filmptsd post traumatic stress disorderpubic hairrace against timerainstormredemptionreference to alcoholics anonymousreference to captain ahabreference to facebookreference to the albatross from the rime of the ancient marinerreference to the old man and the seareference to the tempestreligious manreligious overtonesreligious statuerevelationrevengerevenge plotreverse footageringrumsadistsalesmanscarscreamingseaseagullself aware fictional character talking to their creatorself aware fictional character trapped in a video gameself awarenesssex on a boatsex scenesharkshocking twistsimulationsimulation gameskinny dippingslow motion sceneson missing his dead fatherstepfather stepson relationshipstepson murders stepfatherstorm at seastruggle against fatesubtitled scenesugar cane fieldsuit and tiesuitcasesunglassessurprise endingsurrealismsuspensesuspicionsymbolismtaking the law into one's own handsteenage boyteenagertemptationthreatened with a knifethrowing a bottle into the oceanthrown from a boattimeframe 2010stitle appears in writingtitle spoken by charactertourtragic pasttrapped in a gametropical bartropical islandtropical neo noirtunatwist in the endunderwater sceneundressingvictim of abusevideo game avatarvideo game charactervideo game programmervideo game simulationvideo game worldviolence against a womanvirtual realityvirtualitywaterwe are such stuff as dreams are made on quotewife beaterwife calling husband daddywife plots to murder her husbandwilliam shakespeare quotationwish fulfillmentwish fulfillment dreamwristwatchwritten by directoryelling
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IMDb Ratinghttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt6476140/parentalguidelast updated: 2024-10-25Update data | |
Commonsensemedia Ratinghttps://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/serenity-0last updated: 2024-10-25Update data | |
| Message | Justifies murder if committed for a good reason. A young boy is involved with dark, strange deeds, with no foreseeable consequences. |
| Role model | None of the main characters seem to have any kind of moral compass at all, although some of the supporting characters show empathy by trying to help Baker and deter him from killing. |
| Violence | A man is said to be abusing his wife. He stands next to her naked body and removes his belt; she's later shown with welts on her back. A character is assaulted offscreen; his hand is broken, his face bruised. Lots of blood. A character dies, dragged into the ocean. Main character threatens two others with a knife. A boy draws a knife. Murder is discussed. Discussion of "little girls" being available as prostitutes. |
| Sex | Main character has sex with two women. His naked bottom is shown. Thrusting, moaning, kissing. A woman's partial naked bottom is shown. Main character shown shirtless in several scenes. Main character swims naked, seen only in silhouette. Man smacks his wife's behind. |
| Language | Frequent language includes uses of "f--k," "f---ing," "motherf----r," "s--t," "c--k," "pr--k," "ass," "hell," "bastard," "son of a bitch," "damn," and "goddamn." |
| Consumerism | Mention of Facebook. |
| Drugs | Characters are frequently shown drinking (mostly beer and rum) to excess in a social context. In a moment of despair, the main character downs two bottles of rum (but sobers up fairly quickly). A secondary character is a hard drinker, possibly an alcoholic. Main character smokes cigarettes in more than one scene. |
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