Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

2023
PG-13
2h 13m

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5.6/10

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Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Bae Doona, Michiel Huisman, Charlie Hunnam, Sofia Boutella, and Staz Nair in Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)

From Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, comes REBEL MOON, a 2-part movie event decades in the making.

After crash landing on a moon in the furthest reaches of the universe, Kora (Sofia Boutella), a stranger with a mysterious past, begins a new life among a peaceful settlement of farmers. But she soon becomes their only hope for survival when the tyrannical Regent Balisarius (Fra Fee) and his cruel emissary, Admiral Noble (Ed Skrein), discover the farmers have unwittingly sold their crops to the Bloodaxes (Cleopatra Coleman and Ray Fisher)--leaders of a fierce group of insurgents hunted by the Motherworld.

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When a peaceful settlement on the edge of a distant moon finds itself threatened by a tyrannical ruling force, a stranger living among its villagers becomes their best hope for survival.When a peaceful settlement on the edge of a distant moon finds itself threatened by a tyrannical ruling force, a stranger living among its villagers becomes their best hope for survival.When a peaceful settlement on the edge of a distant moon finds itself threatened by a tyrannical ruling force, a stranger living among its villagers becomes their best hope for survival.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

131K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

482

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations

Trivia
Zack Snyder first conceived this as a Star Wars movie, and pitched it to Lucasfilm shortly after it was bought by Disney in 2012, but it never got off the ground.

Goofs
The shape of the floating platform on Gondival [at 1:52:00] changes depending on where it is viewed from. When Noble lands on it, and later Kora (and all shots from above, and of their fight) it is octagonal, or eight-sided - i.e. five edges are often in the shot, two of which are parallel; but in all the shots from underneath (as when Kora falls over the edge) it is shown as hexagonal, or six-sided; however it cannot be both.

Quotes
Tarak: [after Nemesis has slayed Harmada] Wow. That was... That was amazing.
Nemesis: Do not celebrate this. There's no honor in this. This could easily be any of you lying here in the gutter of some forgotten world in the name of revenge. You would do well to remember that.

Alternate versions
On August 2nd, 2024, Netflix released an R-rated director's cut of the film, titled Rebel Moon - Part One: Chalice of Blood. This version runs for 205 minutes (3h 25m) and features more violence, language and sexuality which were removed from A Child of Fire.

Connections
Featured in Drunk 3po: Rebel Moon, Ahsoka, with Special Guest Michael Bancroft | Drunk3po Live (2023)

Soundtracks
Thunderous
Written and Performed by Diego Stocco

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Featured review

6/10

Nothing original here

I think Zack Snyder didn't really do much research into this one. Maybe it's because it's a Netflix thing, I am not sure. There's so much borrowing from several other popular movies that I just wasn't invested in the story because it was all tooo basic and predictable.

You had the Thanos and Gamora moment in there, you are the Starwars Resistance vs The First Order moment in there. You had the Darthvader type figure in there. You had the Kylo Ren character in there. And the worlds looked like something from a Starwars episode.

Also the whole story was just weak, too weak for a director like Zack. I mean we've seen it done so many times from Lord of the Rings, to Game of Thrones, to even The Avengers. You are threatened by a bigger force, so you go around recruiting people to help you fight this force. That's basically it. There wasn't any rich subplot like we see in eg. Dune. Just very basic.

Does it warrant a part 2, I strongly don't think it did. It's lazy writing and directing and shouldn't be encouraged.

All in all, it's an ok movie. It's not bad like some reviews are saying. The effects are spot on, I loved the cinematography. The only drawbacks for me were the weak storyline, the awful fight sequence, the casting could have been better and the all too familiar scenes.