Mark Botha – Google

Rebel Moon ~Part 1~ Chapter 1: Chalice of Blood is an underrated - though fractionally verbose - update on the first version. The director's cut delivers an entire new and necessary layer of lore and context that, coupled with some welcome additions to the soundtrack, carries this more wholesome narrative from an anemic, flashback-pockmarked popcorn original into one that bears the hallmarks of a Snyder classic. The added gore and R-rated elements fit nicely into the version's new content rounding out the story nicely, filling in the gaps and plugging the subplots that were missing from the first one. Though some performances continue lacking and, despite the heavy run time, most characters still feel just a little like familiar strangers. This more extravagant space opera-esque version turns a solid sci-fi epic attempt into a pretty good one. Depends, of course, on you liking the 1st edition. Or, if you haven't seen that - watch this instead. Worth it. Chapter 2's three-hour director's cut stretch awaits.

This is a nicely crafted, somewhat congested, narrative that feels like an accidental-on-purpose screenplay of what getting stranded in middle America during the zombie apocalypse might actually look like, is quite great. No prisons or farms, fortified towns or ruthless Mad Max wannabes. No, just plain 'ol pulsing, cardio-charged action without the blood, gore and fake brains we've had to endure the past 10 years. The rolling and panning single-action shots go on and on, fueling a legitimate sense of breathless action that lurches along between a diverse set of stories that function quite well whether in isolation or crossing each other's paths. A show that ladles out a more justifiably accurate depiction of the end of the world than most zombie horrors, less pointlessly agonising human drama and more shot-in-the-arm thrills mean its a high five from me! A zombie junkie must-see. Give it a shot - S2 really kicks it up a gear...