Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Jayden-Lee Thomson One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

paulfarey Right then, I'm going to start this with a confession: I spent my formative years obsessed with Warhammer 40,000. There, I've admitted it to the world... or at least those in the world who will read this review, who I assume will be of the same persuasion. This movie makes the same assumption. The Warhammer 40,000 universe is vast, complicated, and diverse. It is so difficult for the uninitiated to just drop into it, so the film has a challenge from the start. How do you explain the intricacies of all the individual races, the doctrine of the Emperor's super-soldiers, or the rebellion of the Horus Heresy, all in less than two hours? Well, they could at least have tried!If you don't know the background already, you're going to struggle to understand a lot of what's going on with the plot, or the main character's motivation. In this depiction, the Ultramarines are weak soldiers who would barely pass basic training in our present day, when they are each supposed to be courageous, disciplined, genetically modified killers. During the film, they do little except fanatically yell "for the Emperor" and then run blindly, often to their deaths. They are diametric opposites of their literary and figurine-based counterparts. Similarly, the antagonist, the Daemon, was scrawny and lifeless, where it should have been magnificent and imposing. The potential of this character could have been limitless, but it was sadly wasted.The animation is awkward and bland, without adequately depicting believable characters or luscious environments. The figures move clumsily and the atmosphere is regularly hazy, presumably so they didn't have to draw a more realistic landscape. Come on, this is the 21st century, you can do so much better than this!The stellar cast of voice actors don't appear to have interest in any of the poor dialogue throughout the entirety of the script and I wonder how many of them list this film on their résumé?I had high hopes of this movie and was left disappointed. I know the Warhammer 40,000 universe has a small but dedicated following and I wonder whether there will ever be enough interest to create another film? One that could do justice to the fantasy worlds that had enriched my childhood.

Edward Draper First, I should state that I've never played the Warhammer 40K table top game. I have played the Warhammer 40K video game the came out in the past year and getting more into this series, but now to the movie.For this movie being based off a table top game, it was done perfectly. This being the first Warhammer 40k movie, this is a great start and sets the bar pretty high for other to come. I've watched the movie now about 3 times and each time it gets better and better. The voice acting is great. I'll admit the animation of the character's faces in the beginning bothered me, but after watching the special features disc it is a feat of technology they used for the animation. Of course with new technology, there is room for improvement.The story for this movie is amazing. I liked the fact that when it came to the script for this movie they brought in one of the best writers for the Warhammer 40K book series. Not going to lie, now that I've watched this movie, I'll need to buy one of the books by this man.If you have not seen this movie yet, you should see it.

Erik This review contains spoilers, don't read if you haven't seen the film!They had it all: a fan base of millions, big financial backers, a setting that has mesmerized people all over the world, great actors and a huge expectancy from all the people who wanted to see it.And what did they do? They made a film that's infinitely weaker than the much shorter computer game intros that were made for the Dawn of War games! The people that made the intros (especially for the first DoW game) is immensely more gifted and has more insight, know-how and general interest in the WH40K setting than the ones making this "film".I am astonished, sad and tremendously eager to know just how this was possible? How can the makers of the game, the company of Games Workshop for instance, even begin to contemplate giving this so-called movie a "go". It's totally inconceivable.1. The so-called "marines" are on an IQ-level similar to the Orks.2. The "tactic" that these super humans use while going on this mission is so full of holes and generally just without any sort of prepared thought. Remember; these are the Ultramarines, the same warriors whose leader wrote the Codex of the Adeptus Astartes. This codex allegedly tells how a successful strategy can be obtained from thousands of different battle situations, like Sun Tzu's "The Art of War".3. The chaos marines also behaved totally without thought, and only threw themselves against the imperial marines in wave after wave. All the imperials had to do, was standing put and shoot. And these, the chaos marines, are supposed to be descended from Warmaster Horus himself, the ones that calls themselves the Black Legion. These should be the best of all chaos marines! No, this has to be forgotten and the filmmakers need to go back to their draw boards. Make a new, much improved film, and maybe I'll watch.

dmcspadd Although this film had a miniscule budget, the creators did an excellent job with what they had and with the source material. The film explains the Warhammer 40K Universe for people who are uninitiated with it. For Warhammer 40K fans, this movie is a real treat. While the story and dialogue could have been better, they do not drag this movie down. This CGI is slightly stylized, but when the action starts, the CGI is fluid and looks good. Another plus is that the Space Marines featured in this movie are the Ultramarines, generally the first Chapter of Space Marines that player of Warhammer 40K become associated with. Judge this movie on its own merits, as a great fan film created by people who love Warhammer 40K.