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► "Rebel Moon" stars Charlie Hunnam and cast: Sofia Boutella, Ed Skrein, Ray Fisher, E. Duffy, Michiel Huisman, Djimon Hounsou, Staz Nair and Anthony Hopkins
► Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon has ambitious ideas and beautiful visuals, but its awkward dialogue weakens its potential.
The best and most compelling scene, therefore, is a quiet moment between Jimmy and Sam, one that builds and humanizes the characters, sets up the themes at play, and has genuine emotion.
This scene hints at the better movie Rebel Moon could have been if it had capitalized on its strongest elements.
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Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire is quintessential Zack Snyder: ambitious ideas, slick action, beautiful visuals, and stilted dialogue. Even after collaborating with Kurt Johnstad and Shay Hatten on Rebel Moon's script, the director's rejected "R-rated Star Wars" idea fails to impress. And there's potential: much has been written about the precious rarity of original IP, and after 70 years, an explicit sci-fi revamping of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai holds appeal. Like some previous Snyder projects, a full writer's room or increased creative restrictions could have fixed Rebel Moon's overriding issues. (In an age when creative restrictions usually aren't beneficial, no less.) It's difficult to care about Rebel Moon's characters despite the immensely talented cast when their feelings and motivations are explained with the bluntness of a first draft.
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