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Halo: The Series (TV Series)

Halo: The Series

2022

Steven Kane (Creator), Kyle Killen (Creator) ...

Pablo Schreiber, Natascha McElhone, Bokeem Woodbine, Shabana Azmi ...

6.6

1,978

TV Series. Sci-Fi. Action. Adventure TV Series (2022-). 2 Season. 'Halo' is set to follow an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant. 'Halo' weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future. The series is a standalone story inspired by the game franchise, rather than a continuation, adaptation, or prequel.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Bradley Russell Total Film	"[2nd Season Review]: For those who are giving Halo a second chance, there’s a lot to like here (...) a decent jumping-on point for newcomers and returnees alike. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Ryan Northrup Screen Rant	"[2nd Season Review]: Select action scenes still suffer from the CGI floatiness that plagued certain sequences in season 1, but season 2’s action is darker"	NEU
United States	Erick Massoto Collider	"[2nd Season Review]: If you liked Season 1, you’ll certainly love the new episodes. If you haven’t tuned in yet, you won’t regret starting it now"	POS
United Kingdom	Louise Griffin Radio Times	"[2nd Season Review]: with a new showrunner, a new focus and quite the time jump since the cliffhanger at the end of season 1, Halo season 2 has lost a lot of what made it special. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Canada	Alex Maidy JoBlo	"[2nd Season Review]: With more action and a tone closer to that of the games, Halo is finally the series we have been waiting for"	POS
United States	Kieran Burt Ready Steady Cut	"[2nd Season Review]: While it retains some of the disliked elements from the first season, it is a vast improvement over its predecessor (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Elijah Gonzalez Paste Magazine	"[2nd Season Review]: the second season of Halo hones in on the elements that worked best from the previous run"	POS
United States	Jeremy Mathai SlashFilm	"[2nd Season Review]: 'Spartans never die' goes a popular refrain from the franchise novels that's freshly reemphasized throughout the episodes. But when it comes to this misfiring series, viewers will be left with the opposite impression"	NEG
United States	Johnny Loftus Decider	"[2nd Season Review]: 'Halo' feels more streamlined in its second season"	POS
United States	Hayden Mears IGN	"[2nd Season Review]: The action, paranoia, and performances elevate this sophomore effort in genuinely thrilling ways"	POS
United States	Ash Parrish The Verge	"[2nd Season Review]: The showrunners finally understand that while they don't have to hew too closely to the games to tell a good 'Halo' story, it's worthwhile having at least some of that knowledge"	POS
United States	Melanie McFarland Salon	"[1st Season Review]: A decent start that, despite its best efforts, failed to stun me. But it didn't drive me away, either"	NEU
United States	William Hughes AV Club	"[1st Season Review]: Halo isn’t without its pleasures (...) But the whole thing is brought down by the writing and by an abiding and pervasive sense of cheapness"	NEU
United States	Brian Tallerico The Playlist	"[1st Season Review]: It’s certainly not the kind of disaster that typically emerges when video games launch into other mediums. Only time will tell if fans want to keep watching or just wish they were still playing."	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[1st Season Review]: The action feels more like watching kids play with their toys than slickly choreographed cinema, but the money invested in this massive production is certainly up on screen."	NEU
United States	Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly	"[1st Season Review]: It's as thrilling as a meeting (...) The story variously tilts toward canonical completionists and confounded newbies, with dialogue variously impenetrable and explanatory."	NEG
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[1st Season Review]: Boasting no technological innovation to speak of, few performances to offer meaningful grounding and only limited action thrills, Halo is aggressively forgettable"	NEU
United States	Kayla Cobb Decider	"[1st Season Review]: 'Halo' has the potential to be the big-budget, hugely-watched space epic it wants to be. It just needs to take a breath and focus on its story — instead of its backstory — to do that."	POS
Canada	Peter Martin Screen Anarchy	"[1st Season Review]: As an eternal optimist and die-hard fan of science-fiction films and television shows, I'm hopeful that the promising dramatic elements will soon bear more compelling fruitage"	NEU
United States	John Townsend Slant	"[1st Season Review]: A clumsy, unremarkable adaptation (...) An extensive mythology rife with political machinations that, at least in the first couple of episodes, feels alternately opaque or convoluted (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Karama Horne The Wrap	"[1st Season Review]: Based on the initial installments, 'Halo' feels like a solid introduction to a new science-fiction franchise —as long as you're not a die-hard video game fan"	NEU
United States	Chase Hutchinson Collider	"[1st Season Review]: [It] doesn't reinvent the wheel, though it is solid enough to break the video game adaptation curse."	POS
United Kingdom	Adam Starkey NME	"[1st Season Review]: [It] needs to level up (...) Outside the blockbuster battle scenes, there's a stillness to the show which might help it grow into something more cerebral than its origins suggest (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Zosha Millman Polygon	"[1st Season Review]: It is so deeply incurious about the ideas defining these characters' lives that they become virtually meaningless"	NEG
United Kingdom	Ben Child The Guardian	"[1st Season Review]: Impressive visuals but not much else (...) [It] could easily end up being hugely popular, thanks to that built-in fanbase, without ever quite managing to navigate far beyond the realms of mediocrity (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Caroline Framke Variety	"[1st Season Review]: As another entrant in the ever expanding “Halo” universe, it at least has enough ambition to make it worth a closer look."	POS
United Kingdom	James Dyer Empire	"[1st Season Review]: When the action does comes, it generally delivers (...) Despite some uneven plotting, this is a worthy adaptation that promises better things to come (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[1st Season Review]: The derivative touches can't help but make the whole exercise feel generic, exhibiting a lot of hardware but not much creative spark"	NEG
United States	Ash Parrish The Verge	"[1st Season Review]: Complicated like a toxic hook-up. Is this person bad for you? Yes. Is the sex great? Meh. But are you intrigued just enough to keep them around to see where it goes? Absolutely"	NEU
United States	M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"[1st Season Review]: 'Halo: The Series' is pulse-pounding and intense. Pablo Schreiber is the perfect choice to lead the much anticipated and long-awaited series (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Australia	Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald	"[1st Season Review]: The premise is familiar but the effects and creature designs are great"	NEU

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