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Movie Review: ‘Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire’
Marvel’s Forgotten TV Show Is Still Worth Watching 5 Years After It Premiered Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon stars Sofia Boutella as Kora, a reluctant heroine from a peaceful colony who soon finds herself the last hope for her people. Rebel Moon – Part 1
Movie Review: ‘Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire’
Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon stars Sofia Boutella as Korra, a reluctant heroine from a peaceful colony who soon finds herself the last hope for her people. Rebel Moon – Part 1: Child of Fire is the latest sci-fi action film from genre expert Zack Snyder, who follows Army of the Dead with another team-up film with a very familiar concept and character types. The film will be released in theaters for a limited time on December 15th, then streaming on Netflix on December 21st. It’s no surprise that this started out as a proposal Snyder made to Lucasfilm long before Disney convinced him to do it. Director Kathleen Kennedy’s omission of a side story set in a galaxy far, far away is both good news and bad news, especially for fans of the director’s unique visual effects and action sense, as the plot is packed with both.
Should you head to ‘Rebel Moon’?
Your reaction to the film may vary depending on what you were hoping to get out of it. If you were expecting a grand sci-fi epic where stubborn misfits fight a powerful empire that blocks any sign of rebellion, that’s fine. If you’ve seen Star Wars, this may be a good alternative option. The main problem with the film may be that it all feels so corny, even though it introduces new terms and characters. The opening scene, which starts with a huge and menacing spaceship and pans to a planet where someone is working on a farm, feels more like a homage to George Lucas, who must remember that he stole a lot to make his own. It’s a space opera, but it’s more like… But with its own mythology to build and some compelling sequences, “Rebel Moon” finds the confidence to stand on its own, even if what remains is not only memorable like the classics. He mentions.
Perhaps the biggest problem with this film is that it seems so hackneyed, despite the unfamiliar words and character names. The film starts with a giant spaceship lurking, then moves to a planet where someone is busy farming. It feels more like a copy of George Lucas’s homework than a homage to him (who, let’s not forget, used his work liberally to create his own space opera). It contains familiar elements from Lucas’s films, as well as Serenity, Blade Runner, The Terminator, and many others.
‘Rebel Moon’: Script and Direction
After letting the idea simmer in the back of his mind for years, Snyder finally gave it a serious try with regulars Shay Hatten (Army of the Dead, Day Shift, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum) and Kurt Johnstad. Let’s make a fun journey through space. They structured Korra’s story in a way that made it seem like they had all considered other spinoffs and stories before they really started on this one. They do this using the Seven Samurai trope: an oppressed people tries to hire warriors to fight on their behalf against an oncoming enemy. But in its defense, “Part 1” tells the entire story before the inevitable cliffhanger launches the story.
‘Rebel Moon’: Performances
The film has assembled a strong cast, but they aren’t always given more than cliché roles. It starts with Sofia Boutella’s Korra, who is up to the task of portraying this titular protagonist with a troubled past. As for the rest, it’s a mixed bag. Charlie Hunnam as the mischievous Kai, with his perhaps unnatural Irish (space Irish?) accent, starts off as the mother of powers who help her find others to help her fight back against the powers that be (read: the empire) that threaten the peaceful community where she wants to make a new start. Micheál Huisman is compelling in her role as a naive farmer who outgrows herself, but almost everyone else gets an action-packed appearance or a key moment when the villains, led by Ed Skrein’s Admiral, finally track them down.
‘Rebel Moon’: Final Thoughts
Rebel Moon is, for better or worse, Zack Snyder at the peak of his career. If this article doesn’t sate your appetite for more, just know that part two, subtitled “The Scargiver,” will be available on Netflix on April 19. The writer-director hops between genres and picks up small, sometimes sublime, cues from other films and stories, but the finished product doesn’t always equal the sum of its parts. At best, it’s an exciting sci-fi adventure with compelling imagery.
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