#REBEL MOON — PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE (2023)

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'' Criminals, nobodies standing against a machine of war. This small act of defiance gives voice to the voiceless. This is more than just a fallen prick officer and some of his men. This is the beginning of something. ''

Rebel Moon - Part. One : A Child of Fire (2023)

Directed by Zack Snyder

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Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire - Part One (2023)

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🔻 W A T C H I N G 🔻

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Rebel Moon - Part. One : A Child of Fire, Zack Snyder, 2023.

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#129 of 2023 - Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire.

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So, about Rebel Moon ...

All right, seriously. I'm not going to say there aren't things WRONG with Rebel Moon, Part One: A Child of Fire, because there ARE. It's one of THE least original sci-fi movies I've seen in years, this is one of the most tropey and cliched cfilms I've come across in a good long while, and there are glaring gaps in the character development at times for several of the characters we're supposed to be rooting for which speak volumes about the fact that the choice to have two seperate versions (a PG-13 and a full-blooded R) expressly made right from the start is kind of dumb given how much has clearly been sacrified in the version we're actually getting to see right now.

HOWEVER, this is still a FAR FROM TERRIBLE film in spite of these problems. Not being original doesn't mean it's not still an EXTREMELY well done and HIGHLY rewarding viewing experience, and there's no denying this is EASILY one of the year's most visually stunning films. The world-building is FIRST RATE, TOP TIER stuff, and there's more than enough here that genuinely WORKS to convince me that it's going to be worth my time waiting for the second part in April 2024.

That being said, I don't doubt that, much like with Batman Vs Superman and Justice League before it, this will likely be FAR IMPROVED when we finally get that promised Snyder Director's Cut, and we can only hope and pray that Netflix are not so insufferable as to make us wait for THREE FUCKING MONTHS or more before finally letting us see it.

I have to admit, it DOES put me in a tough spot for my imminent Top 30 rundown for the cinematic year, given that I really DO want to give this a strong recommendation in there, but it looks far more likely that I'll wind up waiting until we get the Snyder Cut, then come back with a more educated, finalised point of view on the COMPLETE package. I guess anyone who regularly follows my rundowns should watch this space for what I ultimately decide.

But there is MORE THAN ENOUGH here to already recommend this for checking out. It's DEFINITELY NOT a masterpiece. Not yet, anyway. But there is definitely THE POSSIBILITY of it being one. It certainly has A LOT of genuinely AWESOME things going for it ...

Anthony Hopkins as the voice of a gentle, troubled pacifist ex-combat droid that's sworn a religious oath to lay down its weapons and kill no more ...

Doona Bae being emotionally wounded and conflicted kicking arse with a pair of sword which are lightsabers in all but name ...

MIchael Huisman being soft and kind and completely adorable. Just that. For the whole movie ...

Ed Skrein being just the perfect kind of fantastic boo hiss psycho arsehole of a villain that I really love to hate ...

Djimon Hounsou. That is all, just Djimon Hounsou ...

Sofie Boutella's Kora being the baddest bitch in the whole galaxy, but in a really complex and fascinating way. She's EASILY the most completely fleshed out character here, and I have NO qlualms about following her into hell after watching this. I am a total SIMP for this kind of strong woman but she really is something genuinely special ...

It's really interesting, the way that Snyder famously intended this to be first his own new chapter in the Star Wars franchise, and then when Lucasfilm rejected it he just went and made his own "original" thing with it instead. Because in the end this is actually not really very Star Wars at all, for me this is MUCH MORE like a far more big budget take on Battle Beyond the Stars with HEAVY portions of both Dune and Warhammer 40,000 mixed in. Which is actually SO MUCH BETTER if I'm honest.

Well, time will tell if the Snyder Cut REALLY delivers on the promise that this initial version hasn't QUITE lived up to yet, and then if, subsequently, Part Two: The Scargiver can stick the landing. Guess we'll find out in 2024 ...

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If Taika Waititi gave us the ‘God-butcher’ in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’, then director Zack Snyder gives us Planet Annihilators in his 2023 film “Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire”. It’s a dystopian inter-galactic sci-fi fantasy tale about a rebel fighter trying to band together a group of fierce warriors across planets to go up against an oppressive military empire called “The Mothership”,…

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Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire - 2023 - Zack Snyder

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Michiel Huisman as Gunnar Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)

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Charlie Hunnam and Michiel Huisman Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023) dir. Zack Snyder

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REBEL MOON – PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE December 21st 2023 | dir. Zack Snyder ››› Charlotte Maggi as Sam ››› Dustin Ceithamer and Anthony Hopkins as Jimmy

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REBEL MOON - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), dir. Zack Snyder

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Sofia Boutella in Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)

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Sofia Boutella as Kora

REBEL MOON - PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE (2023)