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There really aren't words sufficient to accurately describe just how stupid this movie is. A comedy is supposed to be funny, but this isn't. The most I did was chuckle, slightly, at a couple of sight gags. The rest of the time was spent wondering what possessed Ellen Barkin and Pierce Brosnan do it. Boredom and needed something to do? Wanted an easy paycheck?

Adam Devine's character, the husband-to-be, is a complete idiot. A character like that can be played well and made worthwhile, but that didn't happen here. He's such a buffoon it's hard to imagine Nina Dobrev's character marrying him.

Spare yourself the agony of watching even a few minutes of this dreck.

Looks great, wild action and fight scenes. However, here is just a brief list of all the other movies it "borrowed" from:

The Seven Samurai (also The Magnificent Seven) Star Wars, esp. Episodes 4-7 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story I, Robot

I found myself every few minutes think, "OK, that's from (one of the movies I listed above)."

In the absence of all these other films, Rebel Moon could be seen as a pretty good sci-fi/action/adventure film. Unfortunately, I could not get past recognizing plot devices and tropes used so may times before. For example, one critical role in this film is Jimmy, a sentient robot that develops real emotions, a sense of loyalty, and even a spiritual side. He just has too much of a resemblance to Sunny, from "I, Robot" and K2SO from "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". Oddly enough both of those 2 were voiced by Alan Tudyk.

Are there no original story ideas anymore?

The only reason I gave this 2 stars instead of 1 is because Sean Bean is in it, and does his usual fine job. As Sir Christopher Lee once said, "Everyone has to do a terrible movie sometime. The trick is not to be terrible in it." This movie is terrible, but Bean is not. Famke Janssen, who can be quite good, was stuck in a role riddled with cliches and trite dialog. Not her fault, though.

The plot is one that's been used in various iterations countless times before, making it as predictable as you can imagine. I think our oldest cat sorted it out partway through, which explains why she fell asleep after less than half an hour. She didn't see the point of watching the rest of it. She's the lucky one.

The look and feel of it makes me think it was made by game developers and not filmmakers, especially the climactic fight scene, which looks like it came straight from a PS or XBox game, and an older one at that.

I kept hoping it would get better as it went on, but it didn't; it actually got worse.