First-time feature director Joss Whedon managed a minor miracle when he rescued his inspired idea about a vampire-fighting Valley Girl from the wreckage of the 1992 comedy-horror film BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and reconfigured it into a consistently witty TV series in which the clichés of high-school angst were played out as an apocalyptic battle for the soul of the world. He pulled off another by reviving the 2002 sci-fi series
Firefly from its manhandling by Fox television — episodes were aired out of order when they weren't preempted, and it was ignominiously canceled with several segments unaired. A smart, engrossing Western in sci-fi drag, the film opens w...
Released:
2005
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
119 mins