Review of Overlord (2018) by Angryshark92 — 09 Dec 2018

Overlord is not a bad movie, I believe it is just another entertaining action/mystery movie with a good balance of both genres. There was enough action to keep it entertaining and enough of a mystery to keep you watching, but ultimately, in the end, it is a tad too predictable, and a little bit unoriginal.

The movie centres around a squadron of soldiers sent to destroy a radio control tower to help pave the way for the D-Day landing and invasion of Normandy, while they are on that mission, they start to unravel mysteries about what the SS division is doing in a small village of coastal France.

I walked into this expecting Nazi zombies from Call of Duty, or an Americanized version of Dead Snow, instead I feel like I just watched Return to Castle Wolfenstein as a movie. Mathilde Ollivier (Chloe) & Pilou Asbæk (Wafner) both did a fine job of portraying their characters and the movie has enough going for it to convince any fans of the Mystery/Action genre to take a look at it, although I believe that calling this a horror movie is a bit of a stretch.

+ Great atmosphere.

+ Good characters.

+ Entertaining movie.

+ Good mystery elements.

+ Good "zombie" design.

+ Well done suspenseful moments.

- Unoriginal (If you recognize the titles I mentioned earlier, especially Wolfenstein).

- Some contrived plot moments.

- Missed opportunities.

- Some forgettable characters.

- Labeling this as a horror/zombie flick is a bit debatable.

Overall this was a good action/mystery flick that kept me entertained for 100 minutes and did not become instantly stale/tiresome like some others in the genre tend to. I have to say that more time dealing with the monsters/zombies/creations etc., would have been more beneficial to this movie, but it is in no means a waste of money. My score is a 6.5/10.