Are The Rebel Moon Director's Cuts Better Than The Original Movies?

[Ben Sherlock]

Zack Snyder has been hyping up his R-rated directors cuts of the Rebel Moon movies since the two-parter was first announced, but are the new versions any better than the original cuts? When Snyder made a deal with Netflix to essentially turn Heavy Metal magazine into a live-action movie, they disagreed on the rating. Netflix wanted a PG-13 sci-fi actioner they could market to younger viewers, but Snyder wanted to make an R-rated movie for immature grown-ups. They compromised by making both, first releasing PG-13 versions and later supplementing them with R-rated directors cuts.

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