Serena and the Ratts (2012)

Serena, a young girl trained as a killer for hire, teams up with an underground renegade group when she is contracted to stop a hired gun from assassinating a high profile target.

Director:

Kevin James Barry

Writer:

Kevin James Barry

Stars:

Evalena Marie, Jonathan Thomson, Dave Neal

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Evalena Marie	...	Serena Donovan
Jonathan Thomson	...	Boss
Dave Neal	...	Leonard Scarborough
Marek Tarlowski	...	Romek Tarlowski
Jeremy Bates	...	Professor Houlden
Eddie Nason	...	Karl Wright
Lenny Lashley	...	Mr. Hollister
Peter Hoey	...	Bruno
Joe Burke	...	Cyrus
Michael Bottos	...	Fritz
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kevin James Barry	...	Research Assistant
Jeff Brauer	...	Dead Body
Tyler Champagne	...	Boy
Timothy Daniel Daly	...	Police Officer
Christopher J. Davis	...	Frank

Storyline

In the dawn of the discovery of time travel, Serena, a young, beautiful killer-for-hire, teams up with an underground renegade group to prevent a high profile assassin from traveling back in time to commit a murder that will alter the course of history.

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Plot Keywords:

deception | renegade | time | girl | gun | 

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Taglines:

Some Doors Once Opened Can Not Be Closed

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Goofs

At one point, the Boss tells Serena to "always leave one bullet in the chamber, so when you reload you don't have to rack the slide". The gun was a Colt 1911A1, which when the last round is fired has a slide stop which locks the slide open, eliminating the need to "rack the slide". But if you 'shoot it dry' you still have to 'drop the slide to chamber a round from the magazine. Now you have only seven rounds - one in the chamber and six in the mag. If you fire seven from a fully loaded 1911 (one in the chamber and seven in the mag) and reload, you only have to dump the empty mag and insert a full one. The slide does not lock back because you left a round in the chamber. This is the fastest way to get the weapon back into action and, if you need to shoot while reloading, there is a round in the chamber with which to do so. The rule is - load seven + one, shoot seven and reload.

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Soundtracks

No Future
Written by Lenny Lashley
Performed by Darkbuster
Courtesy of Lenny Lashley and Dumb Trumpeter Records
From the album 'No Future'

User Reviews

Amazing debut movie by Kevin James Barry

I just completed watching this film for the 3rd time and appreciate it more with each viewing. This debut effort by writer/director Kevin James Barry succeeds on many levels. The plot is complex and provides depth of character development. The acting is not only excellent but seemed to improve as the movie progressed giving the viewer a feeling of familiarity with the characters as the characters became familiar with each other. This created an emotional attachment to the lead character Serena (very well played by actress Evalena Marie). The film is very cleverly divided into three time segments starting with a flash to the future then to the past then to the end. So in essence this sci-fi action movie about time travel actually transported the viewer through time with the characters while leaving the viewer ultimately wondering if the characters in fact did their own time travel. I cannot wait to see future efforts by this director.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Horroble Pictures, Wolfe Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1