FRIDAY ‘FLIX PICKS: Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn

By Tyson Huber on August 16, 2013 in Movies News

Each Friday we will be bringing you weekend-viewing movie picks available for streaming on Netflix! From the popular to the obscure, we will browse Netflix’s Streaming library so you don’t have to, and bring you what we consider to be “Must Watch” selections!

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn

Directed by Stewart Hendler

Starring Tom Green, Anna Popplewell, Enisha Brewster, Ayelet Zurer, Masam Holden, and Daniel Cudmore

For years fans of the Halo videogame franchise have been hoping and praying for a live-action feature film, and while an “actual” feature film seems to forever be doomed to remain in development hell, this web series is the next best thing – if not just as good.

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn began first as a web series, but has since been collected into one 90-minute feature film on DVD and Blu-ray, and is now available on Netflix Instant. Forward Unto Dawn follows a young Thomas Lasky as he and other cadets at the Corbulo Academy defend against a Covenant invasion, the events of which directly tie into the Halo 4 videogame.

Senador Kooch reviewed all five episodes of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn as they were released, and you can check those in-depth reviews via the links below. The Good Senador and I also interviewed Frank O’Connor and Daniel Cudmore about the film back when they were first released and you can check those out below as well.

If you are a fan of Halo, then there is no reason for you to not check this film out. The acting is great, the effects are top-notch (especially for a web series), and while the pacing is a little slow at times, when the action comes it is just what Halo fans have been hoping to see in the live-action format. Perhaps this isn’t exactly the full feature film Halo experience that some fans have been hoping for, but with a movie seemingly stuck in development hell, I would be plenty pleased to keep seeing these web series in the mean time – perhaps we can get a full series with full seasons at some point.

You can check out Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn on Netflix Instant right now.

If you’d like to add Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn to your Blu-ray collection, you can purchase it from Amazon here.

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