If you’ve ever been interested in viewing something that is somewhat similar to that genre, you should definitely check out “Intergalactic 300,” directed by Zack Snyder. Rebel Moon, which opens in limited theatres on December 15 and goes live on Netflix on December 22, is a two-hour and fifteen-minute film about a group of space-traveling revolutionaries who band together to rebel against the cruel and oppressive Motherworld empire, despite tremendous odds against them.
After director and co-writer Snyder came up with a one-line idea for “The Dirty Dozen in space” while in college, the $160 million plus science fiction epic has been in development for over 20 years. Snyder had once thought of reworking the concept to make it a part of the Star Wars universe.
Nevertheless, once Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012, the director ultimately decided to place his picture in a distinct universe. Ultimately, the outcome is a sci-fi space opera influenced by a wide range of movies, including Dune, Heavy Metal, Seven Samurai, and, yes, Star Wars.
Regarding Rebel Moon’s connection to a galaxy far, far away, Snyder told Screen Rant, “I don’t think you can make a sci-fi movie now that’s not going to be compared to a Star Wars movie in some way.” Only the first installment of a two-part series, Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire, was released on Netflix on Friday. Part Two – The Scargiver – is scheduled to debut on April 19, 2024.
About Rebel Moon
The first episode of Rebel Moon, which opens on a tranquil farming colony on the far-off moon Veldt, focuses on the reluctant heroism of Kora (Sofia Boutella), a former Motherworld soldier.
Kora had to witness as a youngster as her home world was destroyed and her family was massacred by imperial forces. She was personally chosen by the vicious warlord Regent Balisarius to serve as his surrogate daughter following the massacre.
Kora was nurtured in Balisarius’ likeness, and he shaped her into the fiercest warrior in the Motherworld. However, a few years before the events of the film, Kora’s spacecraft crashed on Veldt, and she took advantage of the chance to live in peace with the other moon residents because she was sick of killing in the Motherworld’s name.
Boutella explained Kora’s intentions to Hero magazine, saying that not only had she been a part of the soldier world she was compelled into, but she also wanted nothing to do with it, and there was no chance she would open that door again, at all price.
You can see that she’s attempting to get away from it. Observing a hero’s hesitation and internal conflict is fascinating.” Kora’s plans to live a peaceful existence are unfortunately dashed when a fleet led by the ruthless emissary of Balisarius, Admiral Noble (Ed Skrein), arrives on Veldt to seize control of the moon’s resources.
A group of ragtag rebels, including former Motherworld general Titus (Djimon Hounsou), master swordswoman Nemesis (Doona Bae), and the brother-sister insurgent duo known as the Bloodaxes (Ray Fisher and Cleopatra Coleman), are recruited by Kora and her fellow farmer and love interest Gunnar (Michiel Huisman) as they embark on a planet-hopping mission.
In The Scargiver, Kora and her companions try to overthrow the powerful Motherworld, continuing the first film’s plot of getting the gang together.
According to Snyder, “The second movie is a war movie,” Screen Rant was informed. “They harvest the crops at the beginning of the film, and there are a lot of things in the village—this is kind of the ‘Why We Fight’ part of the story. Relationships are something we have time for. And after that comes the great struggle. It’s a lot of fun.”
Regarding Kora’s personal story arc, Boutella informed Hero that more details regarding her time as a soldier and the origins of her nickname, Scargiver, will be revealed in Part 2. In the second film, we learn something quite shocking about Kora, and I wonder how people will respond to that, Boutella added.
I wanted my understanding and forgiveness of Kora to originate from a place of complete compassion and forgiveness for the character; therefore, it took me some time to come to terms with her.
