Zack Snyder has become one of the most polarizing filmmakers in the world in the last 10 years, more due to his passionate fan base than anything he’s put out on-screen. Earlier in his career, Snyder was best known for his work directing Gerard Butler’s ambitious historical epic, 300, but he has since become more famous for his work in the DCEU. Snyder directed Man of Steel, the Superman movie starring Henry Cavill, and then he helmed the team-up follow-up movie, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. But things came to an end after Zack Snyder’s Justice League was released in 2020. The DC universe is now under the creative supervision of James Gunn, who has already released a new Superman movie, effectively ending the DCEU now that David Corenswet has taken over the mantle of Clark Kent from Cavill.
Back at the end of 2023 and early in 2024, Zack Snyder tried to carve out a name for himself once again in the sci-fi fantasy genre with the first two Rebel Moon movies, which were both added straight to Netflix. The decision to have both films be straight-to-streaming releases was controversial at the time, especially considering how much the scale and epic setting was marketed; it would have been undeniably cool to experience on the big screen. Unfortunately for Snyder and Netflix, both Rebel Moon movies were eaten alive by critics and audiences, and while there were reportedly other movies being planned, it’s unlikely now that they ever see the light of day. Still, after all this time, both Rebel Moon movies have resurfaced in the Netflix top 10 in a handful of countries around the world.
Collider Exclusive · Middle-earth Quiz Which Lord of the Rings Character Are You? One Quiz · Ten Questions · Your Fate Revealed
The road goes ever on. From the green hills of the Shire to the fires of Mount Doom, every soul in Middle-earth carries a destiny. Ten questions stand between you and the truth of who you are. Answer honestly — the One Ring has a way of revealing what we most want to hide.
Frodo
Samwise
Aragorn
Gandalf
Legolas
Gimli
Sauron
Gollum
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You are handed a responsibility that could destroy you. What do you do? The weight of the world falls on unlikely shoulders.
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Your closest companion is heading into terrible danger. You: True loyalty is revealed not in comfort, but in crisis.
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Enormous power is within your reach. Your instinct is: Power corrupts — but only those who reach for it.
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What does “home” mean to you? Where we long to return reveals who we truly are.
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When a battle is upon you, your approach is: War reveals what we are made of — whether we like it or not.
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Someone comes to you for advice in their darkest hour. You: Wisdom is not knowing all the answers — it’s knowing which questions to ask.
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How do you see yourself, honestly? Self-knowledge is the most dangerous kind.
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Which of these best describes your relationship with the natural world? Middle-earth speaks to those who know how to listen.
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You encounter a wretched, pitiable creature who has done terrible things. You: How we treat the fallen reveals the height of our character.
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When the quest is over and the songs are sung, what do you hope they say about you? In the end, we are all just stories.
The Fellowship Has Spoken Your Place in Middle-earth
The scores below reveal your true character. Your highest number is your match. Even a tie tells a story — the Fellowship was never made of simple people.
Frodo
Samwise
Aragorn
Gandalf
Legolas
Gimli
Sauron
Gollum
You carry something heavy — and you carry it alone, even when you don’t have to. You were not born for greatness, and that is precisely why greatness chose you. Your courage is not the roaring, sword-swinging kind; it is quiet, stubborn, and terrifying in its refusal to quit. The Ring weighs on you more than anyone can see, and still you walk toward the fire. That is not weakness. That is the rarest kind of strength there is.
You are, without question, the best of them. Not the most powerful, not the most celebrated — but the most essential. Your loyalty is not a trait; it is a force of nature. You would carry the person you love up the slopes of Mount Doom if it came to that, and we both know you’d do it without being asked. The world needs more people like you, and the world is lucky it has even one.
You were born to lead, and you have spent years running from it. The crown is yours by right, but you know better than anyone that right means nothing without the will and the worthiness to back it up. You are tempered by loss, shaped by long roads, and defined by a code of honour you hold to even when no one is watching. When you finally step forward, the world shifts. Because it was always waiting for you.
You have seen more than you let on, and you say less than you know — which is exactly as it should be. You are a catalyst: you do not fight the battles yourself, you ignite the people who can. Your wisdom comes not from books but from an age of watching what happens when it is ignored. You arrive precisely when you mean to, and your presence alone changes what is possible. A wizard is never late.
Graceful, perceptive, and almost preternaturally calm under pressure — you see things others miss and act before others react. You do not need to make a scene to be remarkable; your presence speaks for itself. You are loyal to those you choose to stand beside, and that choice is not made lightly. You have lived long enough to know that the most beautiful things in this world are also the most fragile, and that is why you fight to protect them.
You are loud, proud, and absolutely formidable — and beneath all of that is one of the most fiercely loyal hearts in Middle-earth. You don’t do anything by half measures. Your friendships are forged like iron, your grudges run as deep as mines, and your courage in battle is the kind that makes legends. You came into this fellowship suspicious of everyone and ended it willing to die for an elf. That is not a small thing. That is everything.
You think in centuries and act in absolutes. Order, dominion, control — not because you are cruel by nature, but because you have decided that the world left to itself always falls apart, and you are the only one with the vision and the will to hold it together. You were not always this. Something was lost, or taken, or betrayed, and the version of you that stands now is the answer to that wound. The tragedy is that you’re not entirely wrong — just entirely too far gone to course-correct.
You are a study in contradiction — pitiable and dangerous, cunning and broken, capable of both cruelty and something that once resembled love. You are defined by loss: of innocence, of self, of the one thing that gave your existence meaning. Two voices war inside you constantly, and the tragedy is that the better one sometimes wins, just not often enough, and never at the right moment. You are a warning, yes — but also a mirror. We are all a little Gollum, given the right ring and enough time.
What Are the ‘Rebel Moon’ Movies About?
A condensed synopsis for both of Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon movies reads as follows:
“When the tyrannical Motherworld sets its sights on the peaceful farming moon of Veldt, a mysterious former Imperium soldier named Kora assembles a band of outcasts and warriors to defend it. Facing a relentless Admiral and an empire’s full might, the rebels uncover buried truths, forge unbreakable bonds, and ignite a galaxy-wide revolution.”
Rebel Moon: Part One — A Child of Fire earned scores of 22% from critics and 56% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. Part Two — The Scargiver, earned even worse scores of 16% from critics and 47% from audiences on the aggregate site. Both films clearly draw inspiration from other sci-fi and fantasy hits like Dune and The Lord of the Rings, but they failed to reach the heights of either.
Check out both of Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon movies on Netflix, and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates and coverage of Snyder’s future projects.
Release Date
December 15, 2023
Runtime
134 minutes
Writers
Kurt Johnstad, Zack Synder
Producers
Bergen Swanson, Eric Newman, Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller