'Rebel Moon – Part One: Child Of Fire' review: Failed moon landing

This first installment of Rebel Moon plays like the first two acts of a movie, or perhaps more truly as a haphazardly assembled series of episodes. — Photos: Netflix

Filmmaker Zack Snyder has become a lightning-rod figure in part for the actual movies he makes and in part for the zealous fandom that sprouts up around them.

The loyalty of those legions may very well be put to the test by Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child Of Fire, Snyder’s new, rather leaden franchise-hopeful now streaming on Netflix.