Forced to work together with the colony’s own guard including soldier Talitha Macer (Christina Chong) and the mysterious Colonel Aiken (Steven Waddington) the team must race against time to find a way of stopping the virus.įrom the get go its clear that this is a more ambitious take on the Halo franchise than Forward Unto Dawn could have handled, with the games weapons, technology and costumes scattered all across the screen with an almost heavy hand. The series kicks of with a team of ONI intelligent officers, led by Jameson Locke (Mike Colter) travelling to a small colony and becoming embroiled in a terrorist attack that leaves the planet infected with a virus that simply kills humans and humans alone. ![]() Set between the events of Halo 4 and 5, Nightfall shows us a peaceful earth that is finally safe from the Covenant, but tension is still palpable as the UNSC remains suspicious of the Covenant due to the increasing amount of illegal spying missions. ![]() Scheuring and Battlestar Galactica’s Sergio Mimica-Gezzan), it’s just not what it could have been. It’s not the worst series I’ve ever seen, but after all its build up and some of the names involved (including Prison Break’s Paul T. Well after months of mishandling the show’s release, with some of the main actors themselves not even sure how to view the final product, I’ve now had the chance to watch Nightfall to its conclusion – and I was left feeling just a bit disappointed. Ridley Scott, Mr Sci-Fi himself, handling Halo? What more could fans ask for, right? No one could do a better job, and that this would no doubt be a masterpiece! Forward Unto Dawn was the first attempt and despite some flaws it pretty much got the tone spot on and by choosing to focus on human characters rather than good old John Spartan aka Master Chief, a lot of that burden was lifted.įast forward to the announcement of the Xbox One console and we were shocked but excited to find out that Ridley Scott, or at the very least his production team, will be taking on a brand new series. So it was always going to be a difficult prospect to translate its story into a live action TV show. Halo is easily one of the biggest franchises in gaming to date, with an epic story full of grandiose sic fi tropes and strong characters by the bowl full. While investigating terrorist activity on the distant colony world of Sedra, Jameson Locke and his team are caught in a horrific biological attack that exposes them to a much deeper danger. ![]() Starring Steven Waddington, Siennah Buck, Mike Colter, Christian Contreras, Alexander Bhat, Luke Neal
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