Halo: The Fall of Reach

Halo: The Fall of Reach (2015) was originally an animated mini series adapted from the novel of the same name. The original novel was a brilliant story of the origins of Spartan 117 also known as Masterchief. The story gave fans a much more detailed look at Masterchiefs backstory including his time in the Spartan II program which transformed him from a six year child into a genetically altered super soldier in one of the most brutal and painful ways imaginable.

The Halo video games were where fans first got to know Masterchief as a character however his character wasn't always as talkative as he is in the later entries of the video game series. Masterchief was given very little backstory in the early days of the game series and if you were a big Halo fan and wanted to know more about Masterchiefs backstory and really get to know the man behind the helmet you had to take the time and actually read the novels and graphic novels based on the Halo series.

This movie does provide some of the backstory detailed in the original novel but sadly a lot of what made the novel such a joy to read has been watered down into another generic origin story. Only very poorly animated.

I would highly recommend reading the original novel over watching this poor excuse for animated movie. The animation is absolutely horrendous to look at and is honestly some of the worst looking animation I have ever seen in a big budget animated movie. Every scene looks like a cutscene from Halo Combat Evolved which was released in 2001. The bodies and heads of every character is shaped like a block with sharp edges. The hair looks like something from the Lego movie only with less detail, shape and colour. The audio doesn't match the characters poorly animated lip movement.

Overall Halo: The Fall of Reach is an absolute travesty of a film in every possible way avoid it at all costs.