Film Review – Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire

Zack Snyder wants to craft another gargantuan film. He’s in the epic movie business, aiming to turn anything he makes into a large-scale vision of action and doom, working with top technology to deliver massive cinematic experiences. After failing to do something compelling with zombies in 2021’s “Army of the Dead,” Snyder looks to leave Earth and go sci-fi/fantasy with “Rebel Moon,” a sprawling vision of intergalactic war that’s been divided into two chapters, with “Part One – A Child of Fire” up first. The screenplay (by Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, and Shay Hatten) has a lot of heavy lifting to do for this introduction, as the helmer wants to make something massive with this endeavor, filling the frame with characters, environments, and motivations, and he’s not shy about lifting from other sources, with “Dune” a primary influence on the production. Snyder has his obsessions and his directorial sameness, struggling to sell “A Child of Fire” as something intense and involving when the viewing experience is quite the opposite. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com