Rebel Moon - The Director's Cut Review

 

Rebel Moon - Chapter One: Chalice of Blood and Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness are the rated R director's cuts of Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire and Part Two: The Scargiver. The films were produced by The Stone Quarry and Grand Electric and distributed by Netflix. Both movies were written by Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, and Shay Hatten and directed by Zack Snyder.

The story is, a group of rebels are fed with the Motherworld's military The Imperium ruling over innocent people. Now, these rebels will do whatever it takes to put a stop to this tyrannical rule.

A Change of Plans

Now initially I was gonna review both films separately, but then I realized that there's a big chance all I'm gonna do is repeat myself. So instead I decided to give you a two for the price of one deal.

My Thoughts

One of three things I'll give praise to is the flow. With the PG-13 versions, we still do get a pretty good story, I mentioned how the pacing just didn't feel right. Mainly because things had to be cut out, here, the stories are moving pretty well. Nothing that'll set the world on fire, but still a major improvement. Basically, PG-13 cuts are an abridged version, well obviously the R cuts are the full story.

Then there's the action. Oh, it feels soooo good to see these scenes fully unedited. Snyder delivers great action, but man were these action scene bloody. I remember one where soldiers were getting fired at, and then the upper half of their bodies got completely eviscerated. Yeah, Snyder really didn't hold anything back.

The last thing I'll touch on is the writing. While the PG-13 cuts did have character development (primarily The Scargiver), the Director's Cuts go much further. We get great stories about these characters. But it's not just characters that touched upon. One thing I forgot to write about in my reviews for A Child of Fire and The Scargiver is we never got to explore the world of Rebel Moon. Not the case with Chalice of Blood and/or Curse of Forgiveness. We get so much more. Whether it'd be lore, mythology, or  world building, we got to see what this universe is like, as supposed to a more surface level with the PG-13 versions.

Unsurprisingly Zack's films are better suited when things aren't cut out. While I won't be hating the PG-13 cuts of the Rebel Moon, It'll be a long, long, long time before I watch those, because the Director's Cuts are far superior.

My final rating is, Great.

Okay that's all for now. Come back on Thursday, Aug 8th, for my A Look Back at review of season three of The Umbrella Academy. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.