Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

"There are no heroes. Only rebels."

2023 2h 14m EN

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 2,727

Science FictionActionAdventure

Synopsis

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When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.

“There are no heroes. Only rebels.”

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Cast

Sofia Boutella
Kora / Arthelais
Djimon Hounsou
Titus
Ed Skrein
Atticus Noble
Michiel Huisman
Gunnar
Bae Doona
Nemesis
Ray Fisher
Darrian Bloodaxe
Charlie Hunnam
Kai
Anthony Hopkins
Jimmy (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: Zack Snyder, Shay Hatten, Kurt Johnstad
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $83M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Rebel Moon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

CAST

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278+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Zack Snyder, shot by Zack Snyder. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tom Holkenborg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dody Dorn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Sofia Boutella and Djimon Hounsou and Ed Skrein carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Zack Snyder directs. Zack Snyder behind the camera. Tom Holkenborg scores. Dody Dorn cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $83M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Part of the "Rebel Moon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4278+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Zack Snyder, shot by Zack Snyder. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Tom Holkenborg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Dody Dorn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Sofia Boutella and Djimon Hounsou and Ed Skrein carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "There are no heroes. Only rebels.".
10IMDB entry: tt14998742 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 16 themes, including "rebellion", "space war", "space", "female protagonist".
12Released under 40 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Zack Snyder
Original score: Tom Holkenborg
Editing: Dody Dorn
Production design: Stefan Dechant
Costume design: Stephanie Portnoy Porter
VFX supervisor: Marcus Taormina
Sound: Bryan Jerden
Stunt coordinator: Freddy Bouciegues
Runtime: 134 min · 2h 14m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $83,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)

Part of

Rebel Moon Collection

A planned six film sci-fi epic from filmmaker Zack Snyder. Each film will consist of two parts.

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The Movie Mob2023-12-23
★ 6/10
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.
BornKnight2023-12-23
★ 6/10
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 Danier2023-12-24
★ 7/10
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.

Production companies

Who made it

The Stone Quarry
US
Grand Electric
US

Key crew

Visual DevelopmentKristy Gunn
Executive ProducerBergen Swanson
Executive ProducerShay Hatten
Executive ProducerKurt Johnstad
ProducerDeborah Snyder
ProducerWesley Coller
ProducerEric Newman
Executive ProducerSarah Bowen
Second Unit DirectorEli Snyder
ProstheticsGary Archer
Production DesignStefan Dechant
Production DesignStephen Swain
Set DecorationClaudia Bonfe
Costume DesignStephanie Portnoy Porter
StuntsNikki Stanley
Visual Effects SupervisorMarcus Taormina
StuntsHannah Betts
StuntsTim Rigby
EditorDody Dorn
ProducerZack Snyder
Co-ProducerMisha Bukowski
Visual Effects SupervisorJohn 'D.J.' Des Jardin
Visual Effects ProducerTamara Watts Kent
CastingKristy Carlson

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

rebellion
space war
space
female protagonist
militarism
space opera
family values
authoritarianism
space adventure
action hero
female warrior
political crisis
rebel gangs
alien spaceship
space vessel
awestruck

Release history · US

When it landed

Theatrical (limited)2023-12-15PG-13· 70mm at the Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles and Paris Theater, New York City
Digital2023-12-21PG-13· Netflix
Digital2024-08-02R· Netflix (Director's Cut)

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