Tedious, derivative and implausible beyond belief, Rebel Moon Part 2 makes Zack Snyder s first film in this space opera franchise look great by comparison.
You may be tempted to further curse the existence of the Star Wars prequels for seemingly informing the upsettingly turgid sci-fi epic Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire (now on Netflix), the first volley in a planned megafranchise from love-him/hate-him filmmaker Zack Snyder. Let it be known that I’m no knee-jerk Snyder hater – I’ll still defend Watchmen and some aspects of 300, and for my nickel, 2021’s amusing Army of the Dead kinda redeemed him after making a few pretty terrible Superman movies. But Rebel Moon finds him leaning on his worst Snyderesque tendencies.