Granted, I have never played the "Halo" games, because those types of games never really appealed to me, but I was, of course, familiar with the universe. I mean, it is "Halo" after all, kind of hard to miss out entirely on that.I had not heard anything about this 2012 movie prior to finding it on Netflix, I believe it was, and then sitting down to watch it. I must admit that I did have some expectations to the movie. It is "Halo" after all.The movie started out alright, but very quickly lost its momentum and its appeal. And by the 25 minutes marker, I was ready to give up out of a sheer lack of interest. The movie had nothing to offer me, and I was more than bored with the storyline (or shall I say, lack thereof). But I decided to keep with it and give the movie a chance to win me over.When I hit the 36 minute marker, I gave up. This movie was just pointless and offered nothing in terms of a proper storyline or appeal in any way to me. The characters were flat and irrelevant, and basically were generic and cliché all the way, and that made me have zero interest in the characters. And the storyline just was too shallow and progressed literally nowhere in the 36 minutes that I endured of this ordeal of a movie.I was expecting quite a bit more than what was delivered on the screen, and I was sorely disappointed with what I suffered through in the 36 minutes that I endured. I have absolutely no intention of ever returning to watch the rest of the movie, because there was nothing for me to enjoy here.

Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn is one of the most useless things I've ever seen, not only is it boring, filled with bland acting, and painfully cringey dialogue, this movie has no reason to exist. The movie decides to try to justify its existence by saying it takes place before events of Halo 4, but it still doesn't make any sense. There really is no story in the film, it's everywhere for an hour and then tries to start things happening, even though there is no reason for it to happen, and Master Chief is shoehorned in, because unlike the characters we are given in the film, he is at least interesting, but not in this film. I wish I didn't have to say this, but Master Chief barely plays a part in the film, you can cut him out by cutting out one scene that makes him at least vulnerable in the film by one percent. With the characters, we spend 100 minutes of the film with them, so you might be wondering why you would do that, and there is no answer, cause these are one of the most boring and uninteresting characters I've ever had to watch, by the end of the film, not even the end during the film you don't remember their names, and the acting is atrocious, cookie cutter acting with awful dialogue that makes it sound like a Halo fan fiction, that's where it would belong in. As for the action, there is barely any action and that is a big problem if the drama sucks, take a film for example called Batman Begins, we have all seen it and we all know the action sucks, wither you think it is terrible or very outdated for the time, but what makes it is the drama between characters and what makes the story progress, but if drama sucks, action sucks, then you can't make a coherent story. I love Halo, from Combat Evolved to 4, and I wanted to give this film a chance, but I just can't. This is one of the most useless films I've spent time on, and I can't recommend it at all, please avoid this film at all times, it is not worth your time and not worth anyone else's.

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.

The first time I watched Forward Unto Dawn, I had absolutely no idea what was going on. My only exposure to Halo media was the multiplayer function in Halo 2.Despite that, FUD presented me with a story that made me care about the characters, it gave me enough information to understand some of what was going on, but not enough that I felt like I knew everything -- which I'm assuming was the goal, as the perspective we're given is that of the cadets at this officers' academy who also don't know the full story either.Some might call the buildup 'slow' or 'boring', but as a storyteller I can appreciate taking the time for your viewers to make some kind of connection to the characters before you throw them into the action and the chaos.FUD did a very good job of introducing The Master Chief, easily the most iconic character in the Halo franchise. As said before, I knew absolutely nothing about Halo when I started out, but the Chief's first appearance still had me jumping in my seat. It was very exciting, because even I knew that was when it was about to get REAL.I enjoyed the final confrontation with the Hunters at the end, and the appearance of the iconic Halo theme in the background when Master Chief defeated the last one. It was very dramatic, but in a good way.I also liked the inclusion of the other two Spartan-IIs we see in FUD - Fred-104 and Kelly-087. While not given much screen time, it's a nice nod to people who have been fans for a lot longer, who would recognize them.My one qualm is the death of Cadet Silva, as its only purpose seemed to be to inspire Cadet Lasky. Maybe that was just me. My honest rating -- 9.5/10