“We all go home.”

From Overlord.

When his unit is tasked with parachuting into France to take out a Nazi communication tower, Boyce (Jovan Adepo) is nervous about plunging so far into hostile territory, and his terror is only added to when the American plane is shot down over France.  From the entire unit, only the photographer Chase (Iain De Caestecker), hotshot Tibbet (John Magaro), and newly transferred Corporal Ford (Wyatt Russell) survive and gather to head toward the town to take out the tower so that the Allies planned attack will be not blocked.  The greatly-diminished unit of new and terrified soldiers makes their way toward the village, where they meet Chloe (Mathilde Ollivier), a local woman who’s life has been torn apart by the Nazi occupation.  Using Chloe’s attic as their base of operations, Boyce and the other soldiers quickly learn that something is terribly wrong in the village; the Nazi officer (Pilou Asbæk) in charge of controlling the village often drags people away, for the lucky ones, never to return.  When a mistake during a simple reconnoissance mission leads Boyce into the Nazi base below the communication tower, he rescues a friend (Dominic Applewhite) from his unit and discovers that the Germans have been using the French villagers for terrible experiments.  With only a few hours left before D-Day begins, the small band of soldiers and their French hostess mount a last-ditch effort to stop the Nazis before they can perfect whatever horrors lay beneath the tower.

This movie walks the line between the war and zombie genres enjoyably well; there is heart-stopping action, suspenseful writing, captivating special effects, and a touch of comedy to help viewers connect with the characters.  That said, it is not a movie that everyone will enjoy; the inclusion of zombies will turn off WWII-movie fans and the not-constant zombies could bore lovers of the undead.  While this war/zombie thriller was supposed to be connected to J.J. Abrams’ Cloverfield franchise, it definitely moves away from the first two films and more closely resembles the science fiction of Cloverfield Paradox.  Those looking for an entertaining, action-packed movie that covers multiple genres need to look no further than Overlord.  

| Rated: R | Running Time: 110 minutes |Genre: horror/war/thriller |

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 7* of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 1 of 10|Gore: 10 of 10

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