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Overlord (2018)
Directed by Julius Avery
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Overview
France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.
Rated R | Length 110 minutes
Actors
Jovan Adepo | Wyatt Russell | Pilou Asbæk | Mathilde Ollivier | John Magaro | Iain De Caestecker | Bokeem Woodbine | Dominic Applewhite | Jacob Anderson | Mark McKenna | Gianny Taufer | Erich Redman | Patrick Brammall | Joseph Quinn | Hayley Carmichael | Marc Rissmann | Meg Foster | Sarah Finigan | Gunther Wurger | Bart Lambert | Michael Epp | Tom Mothersdale | Ross Tomlinson | Alison Thea-Skot | Ben Tavassoli | Shubham Saraf | Andy Wareham | Nick Roeten | Adam Collins | Shawn Dixon | James Galvin | David Gambier | Éva Magyar | Jorge Leon Martinez | John Whitby | Gunter Würger | Chris Wilkinson
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/09/2018 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Yay IMAX. boo these shitty seats and the asshole talking behind me. (I moved to another seat 3 rows in front of my assigned seat, which helped)
Honestly, genuinely surprised at how great this movie is. Probably has to do w/the marketing, which didn’t do anything for me, the premise (very tired of zombie-anything), and the seemingly lukewarm reaction out of Fantastic Fest (to be fair, most said it was good but don’t recall anyone super praising it). So that’s a recipe for a movie that I’m less enthralled to see.
Maybe it was because of that that this movie worked its magic on me. Seeing it in IMAX was a good idea. I had planned to go to Muvico for a standard digital preso but somewhere I saw the title w/IMAX attached so I checked if any of my nearby theaters were doing IMAX and sure enough I found one (AMC Village Crossing in Skokie, an IMAX I haven’t experienced yet). By noon I was just thinking of doing Muvico bc fuck it, it’s closer but I still had to get my bedroom sorted and go to Home Depot for paint supplies. So I did that and stuck w/my original plan to go to Skokie.
Really glad I did. Seeing that opening sequence on that giant screen w/the sound system shaking the theater was such a cinematic joy. Then when they reach the town all the character moments are great. I didn’t care much for the re-animation / zombie stuff but I was happy that it was just another story beat and not *the* story.
Was impressed by the entire cast. I like Wyatt channeling his dad in THE THING. Perhaps most impressed by Mathilde Ollivier; she perfectly encapsulates that role of the terrorized villager we’ve seen in these war movies but also wants to be more than play a victim. I chuckled when she joins the team for the final mission because of course.
I don’t often say this but I wish they had set up a sequel that finds these soldiers encountering another nazi experiment during their reassignment to C-company. And Chloe is with them, of course. Anyways, I enjoyed this movie quite a bit and maybe it finds a spot in my top 25.
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