Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010 Directed by Martyn Pick
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In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war
A squad of Ultramarines answer a distress call from an Imperial Shrine World. A full Company of Imperial Fists was stationed there, but there is no answer from them. The squad investigates to find out what has happened there.
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This is a great little film. Action-packed, ultra-violent, and some awesome visuals. It is a CGI-animated film, and although I've read lots of reviews from people saying the CGI was rubbish, I beg to differ. The whole look of the film is great, the action is very well handled, and some of the backdrops look amazing.
I think many viewers may have been disappointed because the characters didn't look "real" enough by today's standards of CGI, but that is part of it's charm. It's a breath of fresh air to see CGI used not for realism, but for pure entertainment. My only gripe would be that the film was too short, but I'm looking forward to seeing what's next from the Warhammer crew.
Nice to hear some familiar voices in the cast too, with Sean Pertwee, John Hurt, and Terence Stamp leading the pack.
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If all you demand of your based on whatever movie is that it kinda seems like it, well, Ultramarines has got something to show you.
It looks like fucking garbage, though. The Dawn of War game that came out 5 years before this went into production has an ridiculously better CG intro. This looks like a slightly better version of the animation used in ReBoot. ReBoot, dawg!
It's sad that this sucks so much, because a 40K movie could be fun, in a fascist sort of way. This is just crap, made for undiscerning fanboys.
Also, that action is weightless. It's bloody, so if all you care about is gore, it's got you covered!
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I'm a Warhammer 40,000 fan. This may be why this film left me luke-warm. Where it did draw on the Warhammer 40k fluff it used it badly, the war cries of the Chapters were wrong and despite some great voice acting some lines were still a bit too close to a Brian Blessed hamming performance than the genre really needs as its first step onto the stage.
We are introduced to a squad of Marines who are inexplicably on a large ship with just them on in the middle of nowhere [it's the far future there's only war don't complain - Ed.] when a distress call becons them to a planet. Once they hit planetside they make a series of…
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This is a great little film. Action-packed, ultra-violent, and some awesome visuals. It is a CGI-animated film, and although I've read lots of reviews from people saying the CGI was rubbish, I beg to differ. The whole look of the film is great, the action is very well handled, and some of the backdrops look amazing.
I think many viewers may have been disappointed because the characters didn't look "real" enough by today's standards of CGI, but that is part of it's charm. It's a breath of fresh air to see CGI used not for realism, but for pure entertainment. My only gripe would be that the film was too short, but I'm looking forward to seeing what's next from the Warhammer crew.
Nice to hear some familiar voices in the cast too, with Sean Pertwee, John Hurt, and Terence Stamp leading the pack. -
Poor CGI, OK plot and so-so voice acting characterise this Space Marine adventure. Pacing totally off but some action scenes hit the mark.
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Incredibly true to the WH40K legacy. Maybe a bit too many "marines shooting at stuff"-scenes.