2018 Directed by Julius Avery
On the eve of D-Day during World War II, American paratroopers are caught behind enemy lines after their plane crashes on a mission to destroy a German Radio Tower in a small town outside of Normandy. After reaching their target, the paratroopers come to realize that besides fighting off Nazi soldiers, they also must fight against horrifying, bloody, and violent creatures that are a result of a secret Nazi experiment.
I met Julis Avery on the festival circuit 9 years ago when he had his short Jerrycan doing the rounds. It is a really solid short and anyone who saw it knew Avery was going places. He reminds me of a young George Miller meets John Milius. He made his first feature Son of a Gun in 2014. Showed a lot of promise and a knack for action and violent set-pieces.
Cut to 2018... he's making films for J.J. Abrams. And Overlord is a very fun, pulpy genre film that shows Avery can direct HUGE set pieces will skill. He's being primed for some major blockbusters in the near future, I'm sure.
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Takes a bit too long to get rolling but once it does it's very silly and very, very wet. There's real glee in the splatter. With so much genre cinema lately seeming like a long episode of "Black Mirror", it's nice to see one that's a bit more "Tales From the Crypt".
I went into this expecting a good time watching Nazis be murdered but then the movie reminded me of this very interesting fun fact: NAZIS ARE BAD AND VERY VERY SCARY AND WE SHOULD MURDER THEM ALL
So, thank you Mr. Avery for reminding me of that and also showing me things that are going to haunt me for the next few weeks.
Okay for reals though, this movie is *NUTS* and not exactly in the fun, "Inglorious Basterds" meets "Wolfenstein" way you were probably expecting. This is a serious, no nonsense horror film that manages to nail the slow burn horrors of war to the insane horrors of Nazi experimentation without feeling like either side is from completely different…
This was very fun....or I mean the last 30 minutes were. The rest wasn’t bad by any means, though I will say the dialogue was god awful in some scenes (nothing more generic than a good ‘CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE.) But yeah, after getting through the end I was kinda bummed that so much potential was wasted for the first 2/3 of this. But to highlight some positives, BIG shoutout to whoever did the sound design as well as hair and makeup. This SHOULD get some Oscar recognition for sound mixing IMO but I’m doubtful. Anyways, very glad I caught this in theatres.
Bloody, violent, and a lot of fun. Sure it has its problems but It's a great popcorn flick.
This is the strongest film of the year in terms of making a powerful statement of intent right from the get-go. The opening sequence is a perfect mood-setter for both the mood that the film will take throughout, as well as the incredible production design. Much of the praise for Overlord is focused on it's sound mix, and it's totally deserving of this. Right in this opening scene the brilliant Jed Kurzel score is combined with the chest-rattling roar of plane engines to immediately grip you, and the scenes which follow are superb. I also loved the newsreel-style opening and the way the title emerges - it feels so genuine in bringing you into the experience that I had a…
I tend not to bother watching war films, as a result I initially overlooked Overlord. The heavy opening is most notable, and the subsequent slower pace gives time to build the characters and world. I initially hoped that things would hurry up to get into the meat of the story; however, I now feel the balance rightly gave more time to the buildup.
I was shocked to find the movie about nazi zombies is my favorite film of the year. This movie revels in its pulpy genre conventions and I'm fucking here for it.
Set on the eve of the big D-Day push of World War 11, a platoon of paratroopers drop into German occupied France to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion's success.
After a shaky start where their plane is shot down and they lose some team members, they proceed to the old french town where the object of their mission is to destroy a radio tower built by the Nazis in a castle-like church that they use to communicate between Berlin & Normandy beach bunkers.
In the town the men also meet local Chloe (Mathilde Ollivier) who lives with her 8-year-old brother and her sick aunt. She tells them that the Nazi forces are performing weird experiments on the locals…
Glad I got to see this in the theater before it went away. It's a fun mash-up of a war film and a horror film that takes each genre seriously. The characters are all one-dimensional, but the main actors do a good job of selling their roles that I did enjoy them all. Also, how is Udo Kier not in this???
*Watched at AMC Metreon 16: San Francisco*
*Final note: There is a scene of sexual assault, and it's really unneeded and feels out of place in this movie. It bummed me out a lot.*
This movie is at least 40% better than it has any right to be.
Extremely well acted, and nicely shot. The action sequences are rock solid and most of the Horror sequences play extremely well.
The third act drags because of course it does, it's a war movie where the first 2 acts are good.
A movie with a straightforward premise that works, is engaging, and balances brutal real-life violence of war, with some extremely competent horror sequences and effects.
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