Movie: Rebel Moon; Part 2: The Scargiver (2024) Caution: Spoiler Alert

 Rebel Moon Part Two The Scar Giver

Came out; 2024

Time; 2 hr 2 Min

Watched: Netflix

Rated: PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, brief strong language and suicide

IMDB Rating; 5.2/10

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Staring;

Sofia Boutella as Kora

Djimon Hounsou as Titus

Ed Skrein as Atticus Noble

Michiel Huisman as Gunnar

Bae Doona as Nemesis

Ray Fisher as Bloodaxe

Anthony Hopkins as Jimmy (Voice)

Story Line;

Kora returns to Veldt with the farmer Gunnar and the warriors Titus, Nemesis, Darrian Bloodaxe and Tarak. Titus commands the defense of the farmers and asks them to harvest the grains and use them to protect their homes. While waiting for Atticus Noble and his men, they disclose their pasts waiting for the showdown with the mother world's force.

Thoughts:

I will watch bad movies so you don't have to.

This movie was terrible yet visibly stunning. Weird considering that 2 of the people involved are good known actors.

I swear it went ½ hour without dialog, like no words what so ever.

I got lost in this story because it was slow, out of order, without backstory or current story, just blah and bland.

Also, they fight with light sabers, which is a blatant copy of Star Wars.

They plan to make a few more and I plan to not watch them

CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

Veldt was a human colony and peaceful until the gaze of the Motherworld fell upon it. Admiral Noble looked at Veldt as a granary for the Motherworld and demanded more than the moon could give. So, Kora and Gunnar set forth from the village, to gather warriors to stand against Noble's dreadnought. On Neu-Wodi, they were joined by Tarak, and in the mines of Daggus, by Nemesis. They picked up General Titus from the Colosseum of Pollux. On the planet Sharaan, they picked Darrian Bloodaxe and his lieutenant Milius. On the floating docks on Gondival, the rebels ambush Noble and Kora triumphs. Unknown to Kora, the Imperium had picked up Noble's body and resurrected him under watch from Cassius (Alfonso Herrera) a warrior from Noble's Dreadnought. Noble orders Cassius to set a course for Veldt to confront the Scargiver.

Kora (Sofia Boutella) (a former Imperium soldier) and the surviving warriors return to Veldt (a moon circling the gas giant Mara), believing that Kora had successfully killed Admiral Noble (Ed Skrein) (an admiral and Balisarius' right-hand man) and prevented the forthcoming assault on the planet to claim its food supplies. JC-1435, 'Jimmy' (Anthony Hopkins), is the last member of a race of mechanical knights who now refuses to serve the Motherworld.

Cassius contacts his soldier Aris on Veldt and informs him of Noble's orders. Aris (Sky Yang), a Motherworld soldier working as a double agent for the village people, informs them that Noble is alive, and the dreadnought ship will arrive in five days. The fighters join the small group of villagers to harvest the entire grain supply in three days, so the flour can be used as leverage to prevent the Motherworld forces from simply bombing the village from orbit; over the remaining two days, Titus (Djimon Hounsou) (a former general of the Imperium recruited to lead the fight against the Motherworld) intends to train the villagers to fight.

Kora and Gunnar (Michiel Huisman) (a farmer) become lovers, and she admits that Regent Balisarius (Fra Fee) (Kora's adoptive father who seized control of the Motherworld) compelled her involvement in the assassination of the Motherworld's king, queen, and young Princess Issa, with Kora herself shooting the princess. The Royal family came to the christening of the Peacemaker, the last dreadnought class battleship marking the end of the age of expansion. Balisarius murdered the King and Queen, and Kora pulled the trigger on Issa. Balisarius had seen that under Princess Issa, the King was ending the Motherworld's age of expansion. Balisarius did not want to stand by as the Princess dismantled the war machine that the soldiers sacrificed their lives for. Balisarius had then attempted to frame Kora for the coup, but she had instead fled to Veldt in a Motherworld shuttle to hide from the law.

After the harvest, the villagers gather together for a night of feasting and community, all of which is witnessed by Jimmy from afar. Over two days, Titus, Nemesis (Doona Bae) (a cyborg sword-master), Tarak (Staz Nair) (a nobleman-turned-blacksmith), Milius (Elise Duffy), and Kora train the handful of villagers in combat, preparing a plan involving digging trenches and tunnels in the fields, laying explosives, and preparing Kora's shuttle (which had been sitting idle in the mountains for over 2 seasons). The grain is moved all over the village, so it cannot be destroyed without losing the harvest. Kora and Aris fix the shuttle and Kora is able to fire it up. The group also reveal their pasts to each other, but Kora declines to share her involvement in Issa's death. Titus reveals that he was ordered by Balisarius to hover over the parliament of Sarawu, in his battleship. This was to force the parliament to vote against independence from the realm. Sarawu voted for freedom and Titus was ordered to open fire on the Capitol. When Titus refused, his ship was shot down and his men slaughtered. Milius came from a farming world who was too afraid to fight against the forces of the Motherworld. Due to this, the whole population was scattered in labor camps all over the Universe. She was liberated by the resistance when Darrian attacked the mines where she worked. She became a rebel. Nemesis was in a fishing village which was slaughtered by Imperial forces. Nemesis cut her own arms to get the Cyborg implants and became a warrior like her ancestors. Tarak was a royal on his planet, when the Motherworld killed his father who went to them with a peace treaty. The Motherworld invaded his planet and Tarak lost his mother in the attack. He was smuggled off-planet and hidden in a refugee transport, headed for the nearest bright star. He is determined not to let another world be destroyed by the Motherworld. Kora says that she is a war orphan. She was brought up by Balisarius and only found family when she arrived on Veldt.

Jimmy meets Kora. Kora helps Jimmy understand that they have both been programmed to fight for the Motherworld, but their worst nightmare is for them to join forces. Jimmy knows this but says that they have no hope of winning. When Noble arrives with the dreadnought, his forces scan the village, identifying where the women and children are hiding, protected by Nemesis and Aris, and send forces to capture them to force Kora out. Kora offers Noble to take the grain but leave the village, but Noble won't leave without Kora as presenting her to Balisarius would gain him a seat on the Senate. Noble plays on Kora's insecurity when he promises the destruction of the village in her name. Kora attempts to surrender to him once Noble promises to spare the village, but Gunnar triggers the ambush anyway. Titus and Tarak lead the villages in successfully repelling the first wave, though Nemesis is killed defending the women and children.

The large contingent of heavily armored and mechanized second wave of Motherworld troops pushes the few remaining defenders back, destroying much of the village, but Kora and Gunnar use the shuttle and stolen uniforms to infiltrate the dreadnought, laying explosives on the engine. The engine room reports the infiltration to the bridge, where Noble orders Cassius to wipe out the village, and he heads to the engine room to capture Kora himself. As Noble confronts Kora, Gunnar hears their conversation from the shuttle, which is their escape route. Jimmy arrives to help the village defenders push back the assault, and the explosives bring down the dreadnought. Gunnar rushes out to help Kora and engages Noble. In the process, Gunnar kills Noble but later dies from his injuries. Devra Bloodaxe (Cleopatra Coleman) (Darrian Bloodaxe's (Ray Fisher) sister and the leader of a band of insurgents opposing the Motherworld) and her rebel forces arrive in ships to destroy the remaining Motherworld troops, leading to victory.

In the aftermath, the village mourns the dead, and Kora admits her past, which Titus reveals he already knew. He also reveals that Issa is secretly alive and in hiding, and the assembled group declare their intentions to find her and restore the royal lineage to the throne in order to depose Balisarius.