Halo Episode 5 Brings Back The Action As War Breaks Out And The Chief Faces A Reckoning

Now that’s more like it.I’ll admit I’ve found myself surprisingly charmed by the unique direction that season 1 showrunners Steven Kane and Kyle Killen have taken this “Halo” series so far, flaws and all.

Rather than walking down the obvious path of crafting a straightforward adaptation of “Combat Evolved,” they instead opted for a downright strange detour into a sci-fi universe that almost feels as if it carries the “Halo” brand name as a matter of happenstance.

Illegal clones, programmable (and profoundly damaged) super-soldiers, an unstoppable extraterrestrial Covenant that has been inexplicably shoved off to the margins, a human rebellion…The post Halo Episode 5 Brings Back the Action As War Breaks Out And The Chief Faces A Reckoning appeared first on /Film.

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