Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010) on Netflix

R20101h 16mAction Animation Fantasy

Newly initiated Ultramarines of Ultima Squad answer a distress call from Mithron, where a full company of Imperial Fists has gone silent. Captain Severus leads the squad to investigate.

Netflix2.8/5
IMDb5.6/106,661 votes
Rotten Tomatoes39%

Trailer

Watch the trailer on YouTube

Plot summary

On the shrine world Mithron, a company of Imperial Fists is overrun, and one Marine, Nidon, is ordered to protect the Codex. Aboard a Space Marine strike cruiser, Brother Proteus and Captain Severus duel in training; Severus defeats Proteus after declaring that a Space Marine never yields. The newly initiated members of Ultima Squad are shown the Relic Thunder Hammer and swear an oath upon it. Their first mission sends them to Mithron with Severus and Apothecary Pythol, following a distress call that ended all contact with the planet. Ten Ultramarines descend to the desert surface and head for the shrine, which a full company of Imperial Fists was guarding, to learn what has happened there.

Cast

Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010)

Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.

Ultramarines used Image Metrics animated facial capture techniques, from a company whose previous credits include Grand Theft Auto IV, Assassin's Creed II, NBA 2K10, the Black Eyed Peas video "Boom Boom Pow" and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The Special Edition DVD, packaged with a 32-page hardback graphic novel written by Dan Abnett with art by comic book artist David Roach, was to be released worldwide on 29 November 2010, but Codex Pictures reported that day that a production problem had delayed it.