Read Anthony's review of Overlord/
With only hours until D-Day, a team of American paratroopers drop into Nazi-occupied France to carry out a mission that’s crucial to the invasion's success. Tasked with destroying a radio transmitter atop a fortified church, the desperate soldiers join forces with a young French villager to penetrate the walls and take down the tower. But, in a mysterious Nazi lab beneath the church, the outnumbered G.I.s come face-to-face with enemies unlike any the world has ever seen. From producer J.J. Abrams, Overlord is a thrilling, pulse-pounding action adventure with a twist.
Overlord is in theaters on November 9th, 2018.
The story of two American soldiers behind enemy lines on D Day.
I want to start out by saying that this movie was phenomenal.
There really weren’t that many issues with any of it. To begin with
it all I was happily surprised with how well done the
cinematography was. It certainly wasn’t every scene that we saw
had superb camera angles and whatnot but they had a flawless
execution when they were really going for something a little
different and it paid off tremendously.
The acting was also pretty darn spot on. When we see the war we
see the fear in the soldiers fighting it. The nazi’s felt evil. Which is
one thing I was super excited to see because I feel like a lot of
films dont project nazi’s in as evil of a light as they should be
shown in. And this film hit that nail right on the head for me.
The film had some real good pacing with how the story progressed and how new characters
were introduced. The only part that felt rushed might’ve been the ending however I can see that
the plot was over so they might’ve just been trying to get off screen as quick as possible? They
probably could’ve slowed that down a little bit but the rest was without complaint.
We also got to see a really good type of character development with the protagonist. He went
from a mousy, pun intended, fearful man to a fearful zombie killing soldier. It was real solid and I
enjoyed seeing that character change throughout the film.
The film also wasn’t nearly as scary as I had anticipated it all to be. Which one I’m grateful for
because I feel like that was due to them not completely relying on the zombies to tell the story. It
felt like a war/action movie with some zombies sprinkled in on top more than anything else
which did a lot for the movie. And two I and just not a huge fan of “scary” things which is more
personal choice than anything else but the point stands.
For those who are still in the mood for one last creepy/scary film right before Thanksgiving is
upon us this would be the perfect pick. Not to much scary, and just in time to let those ghoulish
thoughts start to die down.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Anthony (Contributor) was born and raised in the Tampa, Florida area. He likes Pina Coladas and long walks on the beach. He spends most of his time watching movies and spending times with friends.Click Here to check out Anthony's Articles.