Ultramarines

""I am steel! I am doom! I march for Macragge! And I shall know no fear!!""

An animated Warhammer 40000 movie, released in 2010 by Codex Pictures, written by Dan Abnett and featuring the voices of Terrence Stamp, Sean Pertwee, and John Hurt.

The remote planet Mithron is home to an Imperial shrine, guarded since time immemorial by a hundred Space Marines of the Imperial Fists Chapter. Now, however, the planet has gone silent, save for a single emergency beacon broadcasting a request for aid. The nearest battle-worthy force able to respond is the Second Company of the Ultramarines Chapter, and because they are busy with their own obligations (described in more detail in the prequel comic), the only forces that can be spared are a single Captain named Severus and the newly-minted Marines of Ultima Squad -- including a young recruit named Proteus, who is a bit rough around the edges, but eager to prove himself on the battlefield. It now falls to Ultima Squad to solve the mystery of what happened to Mithron, without getting killed in the process.

Compare and contrast with Damnatus, the other (fanmade) 40K movie.

This film provides examples of the following tropes:
"Proteus: The Emperor protects.
 * All There in the Manual: The prequel comic that comes with the Collector's Edition DVD explains the situation on Algol: why Proteus complains about the lack of glory there, why the Ultramarines can only spare a single squad to go investigate the situation on Mithron, and what happened to the original Ultima Squad.
 * Anyone Can Die: By the end of the movie, everyone with a name is dead.
 * Badass Creed: Provides the page quote.
 * Bash Brothers: Proteus and Verenor.
 * Batman Gambit:
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Book Ends: The events in the Reclusiam.
 * Bottomless Magazines: A bolter magazine holds 30 rounds, and less than that for the pistols. The squad is firing on full-auto most of the time. Rarely will you see anyone reload, and no one ever runs out of ammo.
 * The Captain: Severus.
 * Chainsaw Good: Captain Severus wields a chainsword to deadly effect.
 * Chekhov's Armoury: The warhammer, the banner attracting balefire, the chainsword, the act of using a nearby helmet to brain an opponent who has you pinned...
 * Deadpan Snarker: Pythol gets a few moments of this:

Pythol: Having a loaded bolter never hurt either."


 * Dead Person Impersonation:
 * Drop the Hammer: The warhammer in the reclusiam has been used to slay "alien beasts and daemons alike."
 * Dwindling Party: By the time the film ends,
 * Glory Seeker: All the new Marines of Ultima Squad, really, but especially Proteus.
 * Gory Discretion Shot: A lot of the people killed by get these, including . Notably counterbalanced by all the gory non-discretion shots.
 * Guns Akimbo:
 * Honor Before Reason: Severus will complete the mission, dammit. Proteus, even more so.
 * Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Then again,
 * Ultima squad too, but this is actually something of a case of Reality Is Unrealistic. Depending on environmental and situational factors, for every casualty inflicted a Real Life military force can expect to lay out one to three thousand rounds, most of which is suppression or covering fire (which the Marines yell for at least once or twice) which is basic spray-and-pray to just get the enemy to keep their heads down.
 * Ironic Echo: "Yield to me."
 * "Everything has a purpose."
 * Marked Bullet: "Kill the Heretic".
 * Mythology Gag:
 * The most sacred artifact in the strike cruiser's reliquary? A warhammer.
 * The stained glass of the Reclusiam is a perfect rendition of the art on the front of the Battle for Macragge starter set.
 * New Meat: Brother Proteus.
 * No Respect Guy: Apothecary Pythol. He catches crap from everyone, even Captain Severus.
 * Rated M for Manly
 * Recycled Script: The story of the movie bears a couple of similarities to Gordon Rennie's old Bloodquest graphic novel: it has a squad of Space Marines (including a young recruit named Proteus) going on a dangerous mission involving a sacred artifact and.
 * Running Gag: "The Emperor protects...but it doesn't hurt to have [insert useful, common-sense piece of battlefield kit here] either."
 * Only Sane Man: If Pythol had been in command,.
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran: A fair number of them.
 * Pythol is clearly the oldest of the Marines, and is also the most cautious, the least interested in glory, and the most cynical about their chances.
 * Brother Nidon of the Imperial Fists is the one in charge of protecting the shrine's relic. The task has clearly taken its toll on his emotional state, and seeing 98 of his Battle Brothers get slaughtered can't have helped matters.
 * According to the prequel comic, Sergeant Crastor also qualifies, being the Sole Survivor of the original Ultima Squad. We don't really see enough of him in the movie for this characterization to shine through, though.
 * The Smurfette Principle: There is literally one female character in the entire story, and she doesn't even show up in the film itself, only in the prequel comic. Justified in that this is a story entirely about Space Marines, and Space Marines are a One-Gender Race.
 * Space Is Noisy
 * Space Marines
 * Spring Loaded Corpse
 * The Squad
 * Throwing Your Sword Always Works: When upgrading to a chainsword.
 * Unwitting Pawn:
 * What Happened to The Mouse?: So... are they just going to leave the Land Speeder there? Aren't those things expensive?