Paramount Plus’ Halo show can’t figure out its take on Master Chief
. Repeatedly unmasking Master Chief and highlighting the difficulty he has processing basic emotions is one of the major waystries to humanize him as he embarks on an adventure across a universe that’s familiar, but slightly different continuity-wise. But rather than using Master Chief as a lens through which to view its war-torn worlds,instead tries to mythologize him with a story that turns him into your standard-issue Chosen One Who Doesn’t Know He’s Special.
While the UNSC’s Spartan super soldiers like Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 were created by Dr. Catherine Halsey to deal with the rebels, their enhanced physical capabilities and combat training make them one of humanity’s most effective means of fighting back the Covenant — a race of bipedal behemoths armed with guns and energy swords.
Pablo Schreiber as Master Chief, Kate Kennedy as Kai, Bentley Kalu as Vannak and Natasha Culzac as Rizopens in the midst of a Spartan-led attack on a group of insurrectionists that goes left when the Covenant suddenly shows up in a sequence that illustrates how fraught the galaxy’s balance of power has become in the present day.
As Master Chief, a character known for his stoicism and general silence, Schreiber is serviceable — good, even — in moments where he’s meant to just be standing there exuding intimidating energy. In more emotional moments, though,’s John suffers from being rendered as inert and somewhat flat in ways that have little to do with his canonical conditioning.
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