Wow, and I mean wow, this movie is terrible

Rating: 1/10 (21 April 2006)

I just got back from watching this ummm drivel. I am a huge fan of the original game, but this movie is one of the lesser things I have seen lately. Not sure why no one can figure out how to make a good video game adaptation.
This film has great art direction and the sets are spectacular. The special effects were up to par. However, the script is atrocious and the acting is pretty bad too. The little girl playing Alessa makes Jake Lloyd from Star Wars look like a master thespian. Sean Bean apparently needed a paycheck. Radha Mitchell was OK I guess, but who couldn't run down the street and shout, "Sharon!" for the 114th time. Of course you can't really expect anybody to do that well with such ridiculous dialogue.
I had high hopes too, after learning Gans was directing, that this would be good. I like the Brotherhood of the Wolf. I was all for Gans disparaging remarks about Uwe Boll, since we all know he hasn't come close to making a good movie yet, but good ole Uwe couldn't have done much worse with this piece of junk.
Oh well, here is to hoping that maybe Halo will have a shot of being good when it comes around.
Oh and honestly, this movie is not that gory either. Were it not for some specific curse words, a little creative editing could easily get this "thing" in PG-13 range.
Ultimately just another failed attempt that will make most people continue to assume video games are as bad as this piece of trash.