Written by Zack Snyder And Kurt Johnstad And Shay Hatton
Directed by Zack Snyder
Sindri (re warship): "What do you think they want?"
Kora: "Everything."
I was going to avoid this if I'm being honest but boredom and curiosity got the better/worst of me and I decided to watch this during the weekend before Christmas Day. I'm going to be honest, it's a mixed bag to what both Netflix and Zack Snyder are hoping will be an expansive universe.
If you didn't know this movie was originally Zack Snyder's pitch for a Star Wars movie, don't worry, it becomes pretty clear as it goes along. No, really, there's no mistaking what this originally could've been.
Our protagonist of the piece is a highly trained and deadly former soldier turned farmer named Kora (Sofia Boutella) who just wants a normal life. Sadly for her, peace isn't an option. On the independent moon named Veldt where Kora had been living a quieter life, war has come in the shape of Admiral Atticus Noble (Ed Skrein), acting on the behest of the barely seen Balisarius (Fra Free).
In the first few minutes, Noble basically bullies the people of Veldt into submission and for their grain. When some soldiers try to attack a young woman named Sam, Kora sees this as a reason to fight back against the tyranny of the Motherworld but for that, she needed an army and the rest of the movie's focus is about that.
There's Gunnar (Michiel Huisman), a local farmer who follows Kora like a love sick teenager and might be the least interesting person in this movie. Fortunately other teammates did include charming thief Kai (Charlie Hunnam), a skilled swordswoman named Nemesis (Doona Bae), secret prince Tarak (Staz Nair) and a brother and sistet duo named Darrian (Ray Fisher) and Devra Bloodaxe (Cleopatra Coleman). However it's only Darrian along with Millius (E. Duffy) who actually sign up to Kora's dangerous mission.
Anyways keeping it swift, this was the first part of a two part saga, so as the film hurtled towards it's final act, we had flashbacks filling in Kora's history with Balisarius, a betrayal within the group dynamic, a surprise death for a character who I thought would have a bigger role. Oh and that last scene where Balisarius gave Noble a reason to take him seriously.
- Other noteworthy characters included a robot named Jimmy (Anthony Hopkins), a spider woman named Harmada (Jena Malone) grieving her losses and the Princess Issa (Stella Grace Fitzgerald) who Kora protected in flashbacks.
- I really didn't like that the only gay character we got in this movie was one that tried to assault Gunnar. Fortunately Millius might be better LGBT rep in the sequel being a non binary character.
- Noble was getting off on that tentacle thing attaching itself to him or being healed by it.
- There's a three hour version of this movie that will be released by Netflix next year. Same with the sequel.
- The sequel Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver will be released from April 19th 2024.
- Chronology: Kora's home world was destroyed when she was nine and she taken in by Balisarius. She's in her thirties and her real name is Arthelais.
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child Of Fire was actually okay enough as a movie. It's not without it's flaws - chopping editing so bits feel missing/incomplete, annoying overuse of slow motion and paper thin baddies. However, it did have some decent enough visuals, some of the aliens looked cool and Kora's a decent enough protagonist. I might watch the sequel.
Rating: 6 out of 10
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