Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire

"An interplanetary bore (...) This is a derivative crazy-quilt endeavor loaded with enough plot to plug up a black hole but only the most feebly drawn characters to do the work. Its theme of resistance against oppression is too basic to carry much weight" 

"Dreadful Netflix epic (...) Zack Snyder's long-gestating space opera turns out to be his worst movie so far" 

"Yet 'Rebel Moon' while eminently watchable, is a movie built so entirely out of spare parts that it may, in the end, be for Snyder cultists only" 

"[It] is just a surface-level, sketchy 'Star Wars' (...) Netflix’s new franchise launches with Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire, but it’s all setup and slo-mo" 

"Despite a great ensemble cast, Zack Snyder's space opera is let down by a derivative patchwork script, mediocre action sequences and a superficial story that fails to live up to its expansive promise" 

"Unfortunately, none of the fun or affection that likely went into the making of 'Rebel Moon' has survived the transition from storyboard to screen (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)" 

"The relative grace of the action direction only underscores how disjointed the rest of the film is"