A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations
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- TriviaOverlord's first sequence, which sees the soldiers jumping from a burning plane, was done by rigging a plane on a gimbal, actually blowing up the front, tilting it as if it were actually falling through the air, and sending stuntmen tumbling through real fire.
- GoofsOne of the soldiers uses the term klicks for kilometer. Klicks was not used during WW2 and was not a common term until the Viet Nam War.
- Alternate versionsAfter the film was given the restricted R18+ rating in Australia, Paramount Pictures decided to edit out almost 1 minute of footage to lessen the violence for the cinema version. The subsequent re-submission got the film a more accessible MA15+ rating. Although this version never ended up getting released due to Paramount Pictures changing their minds to instead give the original R18+ rated cut to cinemas.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Projector: Overlord (2018)
- SoundtracksBridging the Gap
Written by Ansel Collins (as Ansel George Collins), Nas (as Nasir Jones), Winston Riley (as Winston Delano Riley), Dave Barker, Salaam Remi (as Salaam Remi Gibbs), Olu Dara, Muddy Waters (as McKinley Morganfield), Melvin London (as Melvin R. London) and Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniels)
Performed by Nas feat. Olu Dara
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Featured review
Overlord: Enjoyable but contrived
I was excited by the trailer but within my circles I'd heard only extremes regarding its quality. There was the camp that hated it and there was the camp that loved it, absolutely nobody in between.
It tells the story of a band of soldiers during world war II who are tasked with destroying a German communications tower. During their mission however they discover that deep within the bowels of the earth the Nazi military base houses dark secrets.
Immediately I was struck with how good it all looked, the opening visuals were fantastic and that right there made a fantastic first impression. It develops the characters nicely and presents a threat that I personally like. This isn't a Nazi zombie movie as many have suggested but it's of that general ilk and there is something about it that just provides further chills.
The cast wisely have a roster of relative unknowns, in fact the only person I really recognized was Iain "Agents of Shield" De Caestecker and he's far from the movies leading man.
So when all hell breaks loose does it deliver? Well it looks the part I can't dispute that but honestly it goes full on Hollywood for the most part. Every trite trope and generic expectation you'll have it meets and then some.
Despite this it's enjoyable enough take your brain out entertainment. It's big, it's violent, it's gory and it's dumb and sometimes that's all you need.
I can confidently say I'd have written Overlord as a very different film, but what we got is a brainless horror/action flick that you can do a lot worse than.
The Good:
Some great visuals
Decent concept
The Bad:
Stock scream
A few really poorly thought out elements
Generic Hollywood finale
It tells the story of a band of soldiers during world war II who are tasked with destroying a German communications tower. During their mission however they discover that deep within the bowels of the earth the Nazi military base houses dark secrets.
Immediately I was struck with how good it all looked, the opening visuals were fantastic and that right there made a fantastic first impression. It develops the characters nicely and presents a threat that I personally like. This isn't a Nazi zombie movie as many have suggested but it's of that general ilk and there is something about it that just provides further chills.
The cast wisely have a roster of relative unknowns, in fact the only person I really recognized was Iain "Agents of Shield" De Caestecker and he's far from the movies leading man.
So when all hell breaks loose does it deliver? Well it looks the part I can't dispute that but honestly it goes full on Hollywood for the most part. Every trite trope and generic expectation you'll have it meets and then some.
Despite this it's enjoyable enough take your brain out entertainment. It's big, it's violent, it's gory and it's dumb and sometimes that's all you need.
I can confidently say I'd have written Overlord as a very different film, but what we got is a brainless horror/action flick that you can do a lot worse than.
The Good:
Some great visuals
Decent concept
The Bad:
Stock scream
A few really poorly thought out elements
Generic Hollywood finale
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- Platypuschow
- Mar 4, 2019
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- Also known as
- Chiến Dịch Overlord
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Box office
- Budget
- $38,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,704,844
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,202,108
- Nov 11, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $41,657,844
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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