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Overlord (2018) Amazon.
WW2 - A squad of US Airbourne troops gets shot down over France hours before D-Day. Their job is to take out a German radio tower in a village church.
The 4 surviving squad members eventually meet up to continue the mission. However, the basement of the church holds something more sinister than just plain old Nazis.
A surprisingly fun film. Just the right mix of action and gore not played for laughs by a very proficient cast. It's ironic as it's essentially a Thing tribute even down to the 'You're got to be fuckin kidding me" which is an almost total rip-off/homage to the line Palmer uses in The Thing.
I'm sure the irony was not lost on the again brilliant Wyatt Russell, (Lodge 49) who is the son of RJ McReady - the legendary Kurt Russell. Wyatt Russell plays the cynical and deadly corporal Ford. The other standouts are Jovan Adepo the hero of the film who does the right mix of terror and reluctant bravery and Pilou Asbæk a terrific villain.
Lot's of Fortean stuff to be enjoyed but I won't give anything away. Think The Thing crossed with Dog Soldiers.
A solid 7.5/10 almost pushing an 8 - almost.
WW2 - A squad of US Airbourne troops gets shot down over France hours before D-Day. Their job is to take out a German radio tower in a village church.
The 4 surviving squad members eventually meet up to continue the mission. However, the basement of the church holds something more sinister than just plain old Nazis.
A surprisingly fun film. Just the right mix of action and gore not played for laughs by a very proficient cast. It's ironic as it's essentially a Thing tribute even down to the 'You're got to be fuckin kidding me" which is an almost total rip-off/homage to the line Palmer uses in The Thing.
I'm sure the irony was not lost on the again brilliant Wyatt Russell, (Lodge 49) who is the son of RJ McReady - the legendary Kurt Russell. Wyatt Russell plays the cynical and deadly corporal Ford. The other standouts are Jovan Adepo the hero of the film who does the right mix of terror and reluctant bravery and Pilou Asbæk a terrific villain.
Lot's of Fortean stuff to be enjoyed but I won't give anything away. Think The Thing crossed with Dog Soldiers.
A solid 7.5/10 almost pushing an 8 - almost.