Sofia Boutella

Michiel Huisman

Ed Skrein

Djimon Hounsou

Bae Doona

Staz Nair

Charlie Hunnam

Ray Fisher

Cleopatra Coleman

Elise Duffy

Anthony Hopkins

Fra Fee

Charlotte Maggi

Sky Yang

Stuart Martin

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Alfonso Herrera

Cary Elwes

Rhian Rees

Jena Malone

Corey Stoll

Stella Grace Fitzgerald

Dustin Ceithamer

Greg Kriek

Brandon Auret

Ray Porter

Tony Amendola

Dominic Burgess

Derek Mears

Elizabeth Martinez

Josefine Lindegaard

Melissa Hunt

Colby Lemmo

Sisse Marie

Thomas Ohrstrom

Savanna Gann

Danielle Burgio

Julian Grant

Patrick Luwis

Tomm Voss

Christine Kellogg-Darrin

Skylar Okerstrom-Lang

Caden Dragomer

Kayden Alexander Koshelev

Kingston Foster

Robbie Jarvis

Brett Robert Culbert

Max Pescherine

Matt Nolan

Adam J. Smith

Michael James Bell

Richard Cetrone

Christopher Matthew Cook

Ben Geurens

Raphael Corkhill

Kendall Wells

James William O'Halloran

Mingus Johnston

Carolyne Chen

Zheng Qing

Giovanni Lopes

Bonnie Morgan

Rory Gibson

Napoleon Ryan

Cody Banta

Francisco Grey

Scott Subiono

Gary Nohealii

Cesalina Gracie

Isabella Brenza

Jordan Coleman

Mark Steger

Douglas Tait

Sam Bass

Charity Witt

Francis Ngannou

Steven Allen

Alexander Ward

John Orr

Daisy Davis

Simon Potter

Sam Stinson

Kristy Gunn

Zack Snyder

Shay Hatten

Kurt Johnstad

Bergen Swanson

Wesley Coller

Deborah Snyder

Eric Newman

Sarah Bowen

Eli Snyder

Gary Archer

Stephanie Portnoy Porter

Stephen Swain

Stefan Dechant

Claudia Bonfe

Nikki Stanley

Marcus Taormina

Hannah Betts

Tim Rigby

Dody Dorn

Kristy Carlson

Misha Bukowski

Tamara Watts Kent

John 'D.J.' Des Jardin

Freddy Bouciegues

Tom Holkenborg

Alexya Garcia

Robert Fechtman

David Hartman

Jared Purrington

Kurt Nelson

Katie O'Donovan

Samantha Rodes

Levi Gilbert

Sonja Wajih

Bethany Curry

Timothy Thomas Brown

Richard Bucher

Jon Braver

Lloyd Barachina

Cody Gilbert

Ryan Klarenbach

Jeremy Chapman Webb

Georgia Shaw

Brett Sheerin

Brian Machleit

G. Grant Jewett

Derek Johnson

John Koyama

Craig Baxley Jr.

Efka Kvaraciejus

Adam Hart

Carrick O'Quinn

John C. Meier

Nick Benseman

Frank Trigg

Kevin Derr

Troy Lindsay Brown

Ryan Gray

Gattlin Griffith

Arrden Griffith

Shawn Howell

Chloe Carabasi

Rico Burgos

Jade Quon

Tad Griffith

Jimmy Chhiu

Kamy D. Bruder

Owen Szabo

Mike Justus

Sergei Dmitriev

Zac Henry

Mandy Kowalski

Amy Sturdivant

Hawk Walts

Craig Johnson

Khalid Ghajji

Janell Haney

Callder Griffith

Trevor Logan

Megan Hui

Tony Vittorioso

Damon Caro

Zack Duhame

Kylee Levien

Dalton Rondell

Eric VanArsdale

Todd Schneider

Rachel Gelfeld

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Drama

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Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

The Stone Quarry

Grand Electric

United States of America

English

rebellion

space war

space

female protagonist

militarism

space opera

family values

authoritarianism

space adventure

philosophical

action hero

female warrior

political crisis

alien spaceship

super hero girls

space vessel

The Movie Mob

**Rebel Moon is a flawed space epic that can’t compete with Star Wars or Dune but offers some fun for genre fans that don’t take it too seriously.**

Rebel Moon adds the small, growing resistance struggling against a galactic tyrannical empire of Star Wars to the small village searching for a band of noble warriors to save them of Seven Samurai (or the Magnificent Seven or The Three Amigos), but falls short of capturing the greatness of its inspirations. However, while Rebel Moon Part One might be self-aggrandizing and annoyingly predictable, it’s still a fun movie. Director Zack Snyder skillfully constructs a visually stunning universe, filled with vibrant colors and innovative creature effects. Although the characters lack substantial backstories, they still manage to captivate the audience's curiosity. Snyder also cleverly includes intriguing hints that would undoubtedly entice viewers to return for a potential sequel. Despite grappling with shallow writing and occasional subpar CGI, Rebel Moon successfully held my interest, kept me entertained, and left me willing to give Part Two a chance.

Another Zack Snyder movie another wave of haters, so nothing new here.

I found it pretty well done, the CGI is magnificent on some points; the choice for protagonist as Sofia Boutella (Atomic Blonde) was the best? No. But it isn't so bad. For a movie that is to be his version of SW it isn't bad... reminds me a bit a medieval / western space opera with a Warhammer 40.000 touch. 

About being a SW or Seven Samurai "copy"..... really? So what? People can tell the movies the way they want, so nothing is absolutely new nowadays, it isn't mind blowing but decent. It is like invalidating SW because we had ST before or Gallactica almost at the same year.

My greatest gripe about the movie isn't about the interval between this one and the second movie (April 18th, 2024) so yeah almost two to three years for the complete Trilogy if it hits the public well. 

The gripe was to put a final fight against the guy that seemed to be the main villain, turns out he is like Darth Maul in the end, and yeah with a confront in the end to have some more action. The real Darth Vader (let's not speak of SW Emperor here because he was the excuse to continue the trilogies). Generally speaking the trio of Snyder (too ambitious), Kurt Johnstad (300 - is ok) and Shay Hatten (John Wick 3 and 4... that almost don't have story) isn't a good choice.

Visually speaking beside the pseudo-archaic western / samurai setdown (including a bar fight) I found it was an ok choice especially being in the outside worlds of the Empire. Acting was ok, Boutella could have replaced by another actress more charismatic - about the others not much to be said as it is and introduction and gathering of heroes (or rebels if you like the way the title says). Each one have a distinct personality and background yet to be seen.

The CGI and practical effects and prosthetics are very nice - Anthony Hopkins as the robot is just really 5 minutes of the movie yet to be seen. The visual of the ships reminded me of those 70's japanese space opera (yep, Space Battleship Yamato it is with other references) with a Warhammer 40k touch to the villains. 

The edition is good (Dody Dorn of Memento) and Junkie Xl (or Tom Holkenborg - that works mostly with adventure movies) is an ok choice but without any memorable music here.

Out of the weak ending fight scene (or rush in the history maybe to generate more interest and income for the other two movies) for this one no reason for a major gripe about this one.

The biggest let downs are this and the cooldown to see more in more than one year only. And I have a small feeling that all the trilogy won't be enough to fill and the spots left open into characters and development into the story if are all 6 hours total. This is a point that a better screenplay would be needed.

So let's wait a "bit" more to see where it leads. From my point of view a 6.5 out of 10.0 / B- for now. 

Don't listen to the Snyder haters, watch and judge for yourself - I had more a 70's japanese space opera feeling for this one than SW.

Chandler Danier

A good attempt to see how close one can get to Star Wars without getting sued. Better than Star Wars movies of late. Great Dark Souls spider boss fight. Everything kind of blends together after spider boss. A nice way to spend an hour before getting up, wandering around, passively experiencing explosions and plot details.

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

There are no heroes. Only rebels.

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Written by The Movie Mob on Sat Dec 23 2023

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