Rebel Moon director Zack Snyder already appears to be making excuses for the film claiming his director’s cut of the movie is “almost a completely different movie.”
Rebel Moon. (L-R) Staz Nair as Tarak, Sofia Boutella as Kora, Charlie Hunnam as Kai and Michiel Huisman as Gunnar in Rebel Moon. Cr. NETFLIX ©2023
In an interview with the Associated Press to promote the Netflix film, Snyder stated, “IN this case, I almost think the director’s cut of Rebel Moon is an alternative reality version. It’s almost like two— it’s not an extended cut of this movie. It’s almost like a different movie. It’s almost a different universe that [the R-rated cut] lives in than this movie.”
He elaborated, “And the reason for that is because it’s such a philosophical thing to shoot a director’s cut of a movie before you finish this version.”
“All of my director’s cuts existed as a response to things that were demanded of me to take out of the theatrical version, right? Where [Rebel Moon], that demand was never really made. There was just this anticipation that we knew it would be a PG-13 movie. And I was like well, ‘In my heart of hearts, I always wanted it to be rated R.’ But you realize this sort of scale and cost of a movie like this. And you’re like okay, ‘Well, not 100% responsible to have that be the demand,” Snyder added. “But I’m in a good partner in that sense.”
Rebel Moon. Doona Bae as Nemesis in Rebel Moon. Cr. Netflix ©2023
He continued, “So I was like, ‘Well, what if… By the way, it was Netflix’s idea. They were like, “Well, what if there was— what if we said do whatever you want over here? Do the PG-13 version and then go nuts. We don’t care.'”
“And that really was a thing I’ve never experienced before. It was bizarre. That’s why it almost created, it almost split the universe. The dimensional rift happened when that was said out loud. I think it will be a crazy experience for fans because it’s kind the fully realized like weirdo, heavy metal, bizzaro land movie. Where with the PG-13 it can only go so far. And then it has to—there are parameters. This has no parameters. Just like what can you think of? So it’s a different experience. I love them both. It’s really fun that they exist,” he concluded.
Rebel Moon. (L-R) Michiel Huisman as Gunnar, Ed Skrein as Atticus Noble and Greg Kriek as Marcus in Rebel Moon. Cr. Clay Enos/Netflix ©2023
Snyder’s comments come in the wake of the film getting savaged by critics. The film currently has an atrocious Tomatometer score of 22% from 63 reviews. The average review is 3.9 out of 10. There are 14 fresh reviews and 49 rotten reviews.
On top of the critics savaging the film, the Top Critics score currently sits at 4%. It has only 1 fresh review and 23 rotten reviews. The average review score is 2.9 out of 10.
Rebel Moon Rotten Tomatoes scores
It fares a little bit better on Metacritic. The film has a 32 Metascore from 24 critics.
There are 16 mixed reviews, 8 negative reviews, and 0 positive reviews.
Rebel Moon Metacritic reviews
The film doesn’t appear to be impressing viewers either. While the scores are significantly higher than critics, they are still middling. As you can see above on Rotten Tomatoes, the audience score currently sits at 72%. The average score is 3.8 out of 5.
On Metacritic, the User score is 6.1 with 55 positive reviews and 37 negative reviews. There’s only 1 mixed review.
On IMDb, the film currently has a 6.3 out of 10.
Rebel Moon. (L-R) Charlie Hunnam as Kai, Michiel Huisman as Gunnar, Sofia Boutella as Kora, Staz Nair as Tarak and Djimon Hounsou as Titus in Rebel Moon. Cr. Netflix ©2023
What do you make of Zack Snyder claiming his R-Rated director’s cut is a different movie after the film got savaged by critics?
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