I like my science fiction films and books, especially military science fiction. I was looking forward to what promised to be a good film about a future military, with a focus on tactics and hardware, as well as a good story and character development. I was so disappointed. This was 60% dull clichés and 35% incoherent gibberish, with about 5% of promise. I still have no idea what the wobble about space debris at the start and end of the film was about, other than that one of the ship's there for some reason gave the film its title, and that the guy at the end was, through the clumsy reference to the blister scars, the protagonist of the main part of the film. The first hour of the film pulled out every cliché it could about young people in a military academy - expectations of parents, rebellion against Da Man, tough tomboy, suppressed romance, yadda yadda yadda. Once the bad guys and big strong good guys turn up, it turns from dull to incomprehensible, with awful dialogue and poor acting ("call me ... master chief" - cringe). And having got through the first big action scene - the cliché of having to get through hostile territory to. The pickup point - and introduced the new badly CGId big strong good guys, it just stopped. Truly awful.

Halo 4; Forward Unto Dawn continues the trend every movie that has been adapted from a game has set; it fails incredibly. The director; Stewart Hendler, has shown that he has brought his unique type of direction to this movie, and in doing so, it has a poor structure, and incredibly poor acting. The chemistry between Thom Green and Anna Popplewell is unbelievable, and at times their dialogue is obviously scripted. The excitement of seeing the Chief himself was not enough to carry this movie that failed on most fronts. For a viewer watching this as a stand alone film, it is disappointing and lacklustre, however, if you're an avid Halo player, then maybe there is enough nostalgia and references to keep the tedious story afloat.

There is a guy who don't really wants to be a solider. He gets sick and the movie ends.This was one of the most boring movies that i've ever watched. And yes I've played the game. i cant see how this could have 7.2 in ratings right know. 4 or 5 times I wanted to stop the movie. The story really sucks, and the movie is so unbelievable slow. I can't believe that I watched the hole one. Nothing is happening, there's a war but you almost never See anything about the war? And the love between these 2 guys, why even have it there? Come on! I would never recommend this movie to anyone. Save your time and look at another movie instead.

I could watch the movie, but someone who is not a player of the game... I don't want to see children playing at anything, let alone soldiers. The actors are too young, maybe 18 at best, or least they appear to be. The demographic seems to be steered to teenagers and high school students, and in that respect I find the movie just fine. Anyone older than 20 should reconsider their movie choice however. This is not a stand alone movie, I'm not sure if it was ever intended for that purpose. If you are young and a fan of the games then I'm sure you will enjoy this. If you happen to be over 20, browsing Netflix for a random action movie, pass. Decent CGI, not horrific, just very specific demographic.