Overlord (2018)

A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.

Director:

Julius Avery

Writers:

Billy Ray (screenplay by), Mark L. Smith (screenplay by)

Stars:

Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jovan Adepo	...	Boyce
Wyatt Russell	...	Ford
Mathilde Ollivier	...	Chloe
Pilou Asbæk	...	Wafner
John Magaro	...	Tibbet
Iain De Caestecker	...	Chase
Jacob Anderson	...	Dawson
Dominic Applewhite	...	Rosenfeld
Gianny Taufer	...	Paul
Joseph Quinn	...	Grunauer
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Rensin
Erich Redman	...	Dr. Schmidt
Mark McKenna	...	Murphy
Hayley Carmichael	...	Mrs. Lesner
Marc Rissmann	...	Scherzer

Storyline

On the eve of D-Day, the 5th of June, 1944, several American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion's success: destroy a radio tower built in a little castle of an old French town that the Third Reich uses for communication between Berlin and Normandy beaches' bunkers. Due to the intense enemy fire, the planes are shot down and most soldiers die in the landing or are killed by the Nazis' night patrols after they land. However, a private named Ed Boyce survives to find Corporal Ford, a last-minute incorporation from Italy and a veteran expert in bombs and explosives, rogue sniper Tibbet, war photographer Chase, and finally private Dawson. After they watch the killing of their superior Sargeant Eldson by a Nazi night patrol, Ford becomes leader of the group and they try to get the town with the tower in order to complete the mission. In the forest close to the town they meet Chloe, a villager who assists the soldiers in her home with ...

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Plot Keywords:

world war two | supernatural power | nazi | year 1944 | nazi occultism | 

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Taglines:

Stop the unstoppable.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, disturbing images, language, and brief sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Also from the MCU, Chase is Fitz from agents of shield.

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Goofs

The only African-American airborne outfit was the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (Triple Nickels). Although the unit was ready for combat, it came close to being used in the Battle of the Bulge but that crisis passed and the unit never went overseas or saw combat.

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Quotes

Ford: The tower, Private Boyce!

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Alternate Versions

After 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.

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Connections

References Overlord (1975)

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Soundtracks

Royal Air Force
Written by Herberte Jordan
Courtesy of APM Music

User Reviews

Mixed feelings

The protagonist was SO irritatingly "good" and moral and even though you may think, it's a guy who has never been to war, his actions and attitude in all of the movie are so idiotic, maybe you needed a guy to be like him to make the plot evolve, but this guy's way of always trying to do "the right thing" in the most nagging way ruined (at least for me) what it was supposed to be just a fun zombie-nazi movie.

Appart from that, it's not that bad, it was fun to watch

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English German French

Release Date:

9 November 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Overlord

Filming Locations:

Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$38,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,202,108, 11 November 2018

Gross USA:

$21,704,844

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$41,657,844

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1