The Halo Movie You NEED To Watch 

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I really liked this movie. It feels really grounded. The part where the covenant destroys the elevator is haunting.

The body actor for Master Chief in this movie played the games so he could better represent him. Much better than whatever the hell that other tv show was.

A fun fact for those who dont know. The spartan seen in the classified video, spartan 104, is Fred from blue team. This means John was also most likely there fighting the covenant but just not seen in the video

I remember when it was released as a series. I caught each episode and the leadup to the end was hype. It was awesome. Unlike the other shows, it felt like a lot of love was put into this from the source material. And the music made an impact for me. So good.

I really think this movie and halo legends deserve more love. They both are great adaptions of halo.

This is probably the only visual media produced by Halo (apart from the adverts) that is worthy of the name.

Something that wasn't talked about enough were the performances in this movie. The actor that plays lasky is really good. And the girlfriend was played by the chick from Narnia, she was good in this too

I love how this show wasn’t about the Spartans but the much more human people living in the Halo world. It made chiefs arrival so much better since he is such a contrast to every else

This looking like a masterpiece compared to Nightfall and the Paramount show is definitely an understatement! This along with Landfall and the other live action trailers are the peak Halo translated into real life.

I’m absolutely dumbfounded that FUD accomplished what it did with 10 million when the halo show had that much PER EPISODE

I absoultely love the reveal of the covennant in this movie, especially that elite zealot. The way he ominously moves through the dark, foggy battlefield to strike down the human statue, then being lit up a by the light from his energy sword, gives me goose bumps every time. Also, the zealot armor was by far the best-looking elite armor in halo 4/5, mainly cuz it covers up their ugly faces

The action scenes in this movie were awesome and tense, made the covenant seem terrifying and dangerous, love the video!

When i first watched this movie as a kid, i barely understood what happened as i found it after playing Halo 4, my first ever halo game, who's lore seemed incomprehensively arcane. After rewatching it recently, i finally understand what happened in Halo 4 and this movie

My friend worked on VFX for Forward Unto Dawn. He always talked about how everyone was just so stoked to be working on the iconic franchise.

This movie has always been underrated. I loved it even when it came out. Now with the trainwreck of a halo tv show we got I bet a lot more people will be appreciating this for how good it was.

I just want to say I appreciate how the writers made the Covenant look like such a huge threat in just the span of three minutes. Not saying they aren’t in the games but when you are blasting them away as Chief or whoever else you do get caught in the moment having fun and forget they are a huge threat, unless you’re playing Halo 2 on Legendary. The Covenant at this point is a new and unknown enemy to most people so naturally these Marines and cadets will be scared and unsure what to do, other than shoot it of course and the actors do a great job at expressing that level of fear. You were pretty spot on, Laper, when you described the beginning of the second half of the movie as some horror flick. The way the ODST’s drop in the courtyard telling the characters and the audience something horribly wrong is about to happen, the way Covenant Corvettes appear in the night sky and blow the space elevator away causing cadets and other army/navy personnel to fall from the elevator as some on the ground get crushed by the falling debris, the way Lasky seemingly has a surreal moment as he sees trained Marines including Mehaffey get slaughtered by Covenant ground forces, the way the few surviving cadets play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an Elite using Active Camo, it all oozes professional writing and respect to the source material to me. Now hurry up and tell us your thoughts on Season 5, we’re not giving you a choice (this is a threat).

Forward unto dawn was a great mini web series and was leagues better than the Halo tv show. They nailed the Master chief in that mini series.

I really REALLY want a more realistic take on the halo universe. Something gritty like band of brothers style, either during the midst of the Human-Covenant war, or transitioning from the Rebel war to the beginning of Human-Covie war. It’ll never happen b/c 343 want to market the franchise to as many ppl as possible. If we can’t get a good live action halo show, then at least do an animated one. Halo Legends is a testament to how well animated Halo was received by the community

I've watched it probably over 20 times over the years. Never understood the hate it got

I loved the scene of vickers desperately trying to bash open the weapons locker with no success only for master chief to just punch it once and it opens. Just shows how much stronger and more formidable spartans are compared to normal humans

I remember getting so many chills watching the Elite's decimate the the soldiers and officers out in the open. That scene was fantastic. Definitely need to rewatch it after seeing this. Banger vid my man! 💙

8:57 The actor who played as the marine Dima talks to who was guarding the space elevator is the same guy who played Soap in the new MW trilogy.

This movie was my gateway drug to halo. I absolutely loved it, especially seeing the hunters for the first time as they stalked chief and the survivors through the woods. Excited to see what your thoughts are on it. Edit: Yup, I agree with that sentiment.

I remember waiting a week to watch each part of this movie on the old Halo Network. I love this movie and try to watch it every few months. Halo 4 is still my favorite.

This movie got me into Halo in the first place. The intrigue, the grittiness and Chief's epic entrance made this movie really stick out to me.

I always liked this. Really felt like it captured some important elements that are usually glossed over in the games. Chief got some good moments. Hell, even a Noble 6 reference? Yeah, that was awesome.

When this first came out, people hated it. Bunch of reasons why, but mostly "no Chief" and "whats with the school?" Looking back now, I wonder how many are keeping to themselves rather than acknowledging that this was actually good enough

Fun fact, the suits worn by the other members of blue team in this movie were in fact the suits used in the reach Delivering Hope Trailer. They simply repainted them for the short scene in this film/miniseries

What a blast from the past i remember watching F.U.D couple of years ago it’s not perfect but man this is one of the best live action adaptation.

Finally! A Halo movie that has respect towards the source material MUCH like Halo Legends! 😊

Legit love Forward Unto Dawn. Halo Legends armour in live action was great to see and the secrecy surrounding the Covenant was awesome I think you describing the Covenant assault as a horror movie is spot on. It’s so chilling, and so awesome to watch

I love this entire series. Not is it the only video/movie that depicts pre-Human-Covenant War attitudes besides Fall of Reach, it gives excellent characterization for Lasky and his squad, shows the sheer _terror_ of a Covenant invasion back when no one knew what that looked like, and highlights the mysticism of the Spartans. It always struck me as odd that what felt like the entire Halo community was dismissive of this series when it came out. Now people are suddenly looking back on this fondly after 2 stumbles. And this series is part of why I like Halo 4's story quite a bit more than most of the other games. Note: the way you pronounce Hastati sounds like 'Astartes', as in the supersoldiers from Warhammer 40k. It got me thinking about some things. If Microsoft and 343 really wanted a story centered around the Spartans, it would probably be better to stylize it after the 'Astartes' fan animation, meaning mostly action and minimal dialogue. Ironically enough, the Space Marines in Astartes feel more cold and uncompromising than the Spartans as of late despite the fact that most of them are bloodthirsty zealots described as Angels of Death instead of cold, professional soldiers.

The buildup to the Covenant was so well done. Because you know that they're coming. You don't know when, but with each new episode, you know that they're steadily getting closer and closer to the academy, and that these cadets stand no chance on their own. And when that first ship descends, taking out the space bridge, the whole rest of the movie changes to a straight-up horror film. It's so good.

It's great that more people are finally acknowledging the good of F.U.D.

ODSTs are also known as Helljumpers, for jumping feet first into Hell. If you see them dropping in your area, it means you are already in hell.

God this was nostalgic for me , i remember watching this while i was in college. Compared to the joke of a tv show and other adaptations (more the tv show) this was one of the more accurate forms of media at the time. Character and world building was decent , when they were getting ready to evacuate you felt the tension build as the odst drop pods plummeted down through the night sky. The convenant cruisers slowly encroaching on the school and the sky elevator. Kinda want to go play reach or odst now 😂

Amazing how good an adaptation can be when it actually respects the material instead of trying to "fix" things or reimagine it with personal fanfiction...

It has some flaws lets be honest. But compared to all the official live action stuff out there, its one of the best. It genuinely feels like Halo. Plus lets be honest, 14:58 itself when Kelly and Fred took off their helmet but Chief kept his on only shows how big of dumbasses the people from Paramount were.

Thank you for bringing this movie the credit it deserves! It’s always been one of my favorite movies I looked back on fondly.

When Forward Unto Dawn released, it was a web series on Halo Waypoint. But then stitched together as a movie. So good, I love it.

It's a little slow, but it is still a fantastic movie. It still looks so awesome

Master chief is perfect in this movie. I don't think it's true that he's devoid of character in the games. He has come a long way since Halo4, but his main characteristic is that he doesn't show his emotions. He's bruised by everything that's been done to him, but at the same time, he has to remain the implacable soldier in the face of danger that he is, and put his feelings aside. And the emotions in question could be explored in a series or film, bearing in mind that they are repressed. Halo 4's intro with DR Halsey does this very well.

this movie always sticks in my mind because i remember the day the last part dropped (since it was being uploaded in parts on machinima) was about a week after hurricane sandy knocked out the power for about a week, and that night my friend invited me to his house cuz his family had a generator and when i got there we saw that the last part had been uploaded which was just perfect timing as we eagerly watched the action packed conclusion. we were under no impression that this was a masterpiece or anything, and we were aware of the budgetary constraints, we just enjoyed the fact that halo finally broke into a more long form live action media after years of teasing it. it was really cool to see at the time, and it was done competently

Great video, i just wanna say you did DIma a bit dirty at 8:53. She didn't abandon her squad she wanted to take all of them with her but they elected to follow orders and wait in line, that was when she went on without them.

I used to hate this movie when I was younger due to the art style but I recently rewatched it and I have to say when compared to that garbage pretending to be a halo TV show FUTD is 500x times better. It really captured how horrifying the covenant can be to a regular human. It’s quite impressive especially since FUTD was a low budget film in the comparison to the TV show

You are spot on with the "nice bit of nostalgia". When Chief lifts his head after destroying the Hunter, me and my brother noticed the Halo monks chant and we both felt goosebumps. Forward unto Dawn really was such a great live action adaptation, and Hollywood and 343 constantly fumbling it is nothing short of tragic.

The reveal of not just the Covies, but also the Spartans in this movie gives me chills *every time.* As Halo players, we tend to get desensitized to these events, but from the perspective of regular humans in the Halo universe, seeing aliens and genuine super soldiers for the first time is chilling and exhilarating. And it makes so much sense from the lore standpoint, given the covert nature of original Spartans (who were created in secret to kill other humans, not aliens), and the lack of general knowledge of the Covenant at first. It was also kind of ironic that Chief especially got such an incredible, awe-inspiring entrance, when he was kinda treated like garbage in most of H4. ("I thought you'd be taller"). Another note on Chief, his armor is unbelievably well done. It looks and feels heavy and powerful, though also surprisingly agile. In my opinion, it *thoroughly* sh*ts on the armor from the Paramount series, which is *10 YEARS NEWER* HAHAHAHAHAHA- My ONE complaint with this show is that it suffers from 343 syndrome, where the covenant are wearing armor from the later era of Halo 4 and 5, rather than their earlier, lore-accurate armor, but this complaint is very minor all things considered. All in all, fantastic movie, and one that caters remarkably well to both die-hard Halo fans and people who have never even heard of the games. (Wow, I really didn't need to say all that did I). 😅

Forward Unto Dawn always reminds me what I like about HALO

I’m glad someone on RU-vid talked about this movie bc my sister and I were starting to think it was a shared dream we had when we were kids

I remember getting this on DVD second hand and watching it on my Xbox 360. I really enjoyed it as a kid and although this isn’t saying much, its far better than the Paramount show.

Sheesh 45 seconds after video upload. NEW ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!!!

I just do not understand the people that didn't like Forward Unto Dawn. Its not perfect, you see the effects and the acting can be clunky. But it is UNABASHEDLY Halo. The people that made it clearly love the games and the universe, and it fits into the world. I'd pay to see a halo movie this quality in the cinema without a second thought.

Reach and ODST are 2 of my top 3 Halo games, period. And both are spinoffs from the mainline story of Chief. But set in the same universe, always hinting at or outright showing us where in the timeline they are set. I've always loved the idea of the Halo universe as a whole. Show us more stories, like Halo legends, any of those shorts could easily be made in to LA and expanded upon. Or create a new idea, as mentioned in the video, as long as it's set in the same universe, using sounds and designs that we're all familiar with, I and I believe many of us would eat that right up given the right setting and script. Hell even the entire cutscene cinematics made by Blur in H2 would be an awesome thing to se LA. And I would go as far as to say that any campaign from the Halo series can be made in to LA, with a canon story taken from the players gameplay, but stretched out to give an opportunity for a broader narrative to exist. Give us the time between Chief landing on the Dawn in H2's Ciaro Station and to when Outskirts begins.

Forward Unto Dawn was undeniably the best live-action representation of Halo that set expectations moving forward. Years down the line they managed to mess it up despite matching the aesthetics and having a bigger budget.

Why can't we have halo tv shows like this and the promos from 3 odst and reach

Man that music brought back the memories. This movie will always be special, because even though the production value isn't much, it's still canon to the games and main story, and it fits in so seamlessly, there's no conflict with anything. Back when 343 actually gave a damn about being true to the canon.

This movie has one heck of a beautiful soundtrack!

I feel like this is such a an underrated movie. It's not only a good movie. It gives a great representation of what's it's like to be a completely helpless, normal human in the midst of the Human - Covenant War.

Never stop making videos!!! They are really good and I love to watch them. Bonus on top is your voice and line delivery!

Mark IV armor was made from a very specific molecule of titanium. So while they had no energy shield, it was truly THE BEST form of titanium in existence.

I thought they did a great job with the voice of chief. Way better than... Recent shows...

6:55 caught me off guard, I almost spilled my drink. I picked up a DvD copy of the film years ago on a fleemarket and I still give it some rewatches every now and again.

Actually Hesduros Zealots from Halo 4-5 were used in the Covenant on occasion. Same with most things from Halo 4-5.

I watch Forward Unto Dawn probably at least twice a year since it came out and love it every time. The Visuals they were able to achieve with such a limited budget and what is now, over a decade old technology. Granted, it could have been the characters having a tea party and I would still love it (watching as a teenager) but I think the way they handled it with real sets and CGI

Not gonna lie. I really love this depiction of Master Chief. By the way he is moving and carrying himself you know he's still a young Spartan. Yet he's fearless. Really loved that movie overall. Just wish we'd see more of that Master Chief and Blue team

Dawg the part with Lasky running as the Hunter is trying to kill him is so good. The costume design is damn near perfect for Halo. Chief's armor is (again, like in Infinite) The Package Halo Legends armor. Which is cool, but seeing his CE Mark V would have been really really damn cool.

This crazy how this seems so much better than what we've got 😭

I also remember waiting for each episode to come out on RU-vid back when it wasn't a film yet. The hype was immense for Halo 4. Got invited to the launch of Halo 4 via facebook and they showed it as a complete film in a theater. I am really glad I got to see it in the theater. Too bad it wasn't screened on Theaters afterwards.

I wish Lasky was in Infinite more, maybe having fallen back on his marine training to lead a group of survivors.

FUD truly displayed the technological deficit between the UNSC and the Covenant in terms of weapons. In the new shitshow, an Elite falls to a dozen or so hits from an MA5. Jimmy Rings is playing on Easy.

Some of my favorite memories from this time was going to my friend’s house once a week to watch the latest episode of this series on RU-vid.

I wish we took this shows idea: the brother that goes off to become a marine and the brother that goes off to be an ODST, and made it an entire show where its all about the two brothers separate storylines. That would be a solid show, sure its not original, but it sure would be a more compelling story to tell in the Halo Universe.

Forward Unto Dawn is honestly one of my favorite movies to put on when I just want to chill out and enjoy Halo. I would take a series based around this, or hell, a series based around the Spartan II's growth, like an adaptation of the OG Fall of Reach book! Now that would be fun.

Best Halo Movie/Series we’ve ever gotten. I kinda wish we got Fred and Kelly’s Halo Legends armor and an appearance of Linda but overall, I love it.

Loved the video man. Entertaining, passionate about the material, good summary, and it reminded me of part of the reasons why I love halo. Remember seeing this movie on DVD with my dad dozens of times, great memory. Keep up the good work man

The cool thing about this movie is that they give a high amount of value to the elite as they should. They show it in the classified clip and all the cadets react in horror to it. Later, only one elite shows up, and this gives the concept of the elite a lot of value as opposed to the grunts and jackals which they deserve.

I saw this movie first at school back in 2015. Right before we got out for summer break. Beforehand, I had only played Halo Wars 1, so I knew about Halo but wasn't interested in it. Then I saw this movie, and it really kickstarted my interest in the franchise.

When this came out I could only imagine what other great stories 343 could tell with live action halo.... how wrong I was...

I remember really liking this one and it's definitely the best of the live action Halo projects. I found it really slow to begin with but man when the Covies show up it hits. I also remember my girlfriend (now wife) finding it on Netflix, watching it, and telling me she enjoyed it and wanted to get into halo more. Great video man! Phenomenal job as always!

FUD was so good, especially as a kid. Looking at it now yeah its a bit dramatic but the suspense and characters were so cool to see back then, I was so happy when the big man arrived and terrified when the elevator went down

the way they showed the covenant was like a horror movie and i love it

Someone FINALLY covering this! Almost NO-ONE does!

I remember watching this movie when I was young and was first introduced to halo, I didn’t really understand the plot like I do now but the elites scared the shit out of me. They used their designs perfectly in this movie

Your last description of nightfall is how I describe the paramount show. Love it

18:19 BROOOO 😂

The better way to tell the Master Chief's story would be from the vantage point of other marines as someone investigates the Legend of the battlefield, turning up when in most dire need, as in Forward Until Dawn. MC as a character is already larger than life, we know the lore, what we want is how he affect the changes on the ground, so to speak and the lives he impacted, civilian and military.

I remember watching this when I was a kid, all I knew of halo was mega bloks sets which I got when it first came out so this made all my enemies that much stronger and was genuinely terrifying

Would have been cool to see Noble 6 on his armada decimation spree prior to the events on Reach. But in all fairness i think Halo 3 ODST would have been a good place to start with a Halo series. It could have followed Bucks journey from the events of New Mombasa and to how he became a Spartan. Nathan Fillion would have been perfect for the role considering he is the basis for the character. I genuinly think it would have been a better starting point. And then having rare spinoff events perhaps to ensure we get see other Spartans as well, but still try to keep them a bit scarce for the beginning and then meeting once or twice in later episodes as the pieces of the puzzle (stories) start to fit together (converge) where we see many spartans on a final operation following all or many of the introduced spartans through that season. And better yet make all those converging stories from season 1 also have some relevancy in season 2 as well as the finale of the season 1. and then do more season that carries some relevancy to previous seasons for smaller plots and plot lines converging to a medium plotline where the final season cenverges everything into a massive plot. That is how i picture a good series in any genre, and Halo definitely would benefit from such plotline. It would turn Halo more popular than it ever has been and would be a better foundation for potential spinoffs carrying new stories. How cool would it be to have even more series converging as well with various Spartan teams, ODST’s and Marines where a later series converge some of them into further plotlines carrying many stories as one big story?

Master chief really feeling like giving that hunter his mastered beef

I remember when this came out it got a lot of flack for some of the cinematic decisions and the intro, but this show/movie has by far been the best besides Halo Legends for the series. I would love to see more Halo films and short-films with a focus on humans and marines/odsts. I think a lot of the books would even make for great films.

I remember watching when it premiered as a series, and I absolutely loved it.

This is why I want either a show or game focusing on the horrors of the human covenant war. Make Spartans a urban myth for the main characters who are regular human marines, make the show/game grim like halo reach's overall plot, the covenant terrifying and unforgiving and humanity surviving with the skin of their teeth and luck. Like come on man.

Honestly, this movie is amazing, that part where Lasky distracts the hunter so chief can plant the grenade gives me chills everytime when the music starts.

I love this movie, it wasn't until I rewatched it recently that I noticed the spartan you see earlier in the film when the marines and the insurrectionest fight together is none other than Fred himself

I remember watching this movie on youtube as a kid before I played my first Halo. Thanks for making this video, it takes me back.

Goes to show that being a 200 million production doesn't mean a goddamn thing. Forward Unto Dawn was done at a lower cost but feels more genuine and full of soul then the corporate husk of a show we got by people who never studied the games. I used to hate this movie as a kid but with studying film and Screen-writing I've grown to love it and not because the paramount show was bad...because it was a fun piece of entertainment on it's own that also respected the universe it was adapting.

Great video. You make me want to watch the movie again. Great editing

The shows nails the aspect of the cadets being busy in their military training phase. In bootcamp, you’re following a fast paced schedule with no time for recreational self-time. All you have is each other and talks between the same people you have seen for months. A sudden attacks breaks the muscle-memory routine and the cadets rely on their instincts to survive until they get their bearings to return fire.

Great video dude! Insanely comical whilst also being incredibly factual and impartial. Very much enjoyed