Directed by Julius Avery (from an original idea by co-producer J. J. Abrams), can bonkers war drama cum horror fantasy serve up something sweet?
Jovan Adepo - Pvt. Boyce
Wyatt Russell - Cpl. Ford
Mathilde Ollivier - Chloe
Pilou Asbæk - Wafner
Summary
On the eve of D-Day, Allied forces sent to disable enemy radio tower atop of church in Nazi-occupied France make a gruesome discovery.
In preparation for the 1000-year Reich, civilians are being experimented on to create army of near invincible super soldiers.
Just in case it hasn't hit home, title is derived from Operation Overlord, codename for the Normandy landings.
Wolfensploitation
A very strong opening is complemented by impressive action and brutal, if OTT gore.
Dramatic soundtrack suits situation and you cannot help but admire choreography.
Characters are decent, but script contains way too many cheesy (and clichéd) 'American' comebacks.
Unspeakable experimentation during WW II actually happened, but not like this of course.
After all, this is a work of fiction, not fact.
Horror taking centre stage is when things bizarrely go downhill.
There aren't any monsters per se, unless humanoid mutants qualify.
Final 30 minutes or so borders on the ridiculous.
A badly disfigured Wafner injects himself with serum (dubbed the blood of eternity) and becomes...
William fucking Birkin from Resident Evil 2.
If you're gonna rip off Capcom's classic, at least go the whole nine yards and have end boss mutate into a kick ass monster.
But predictably.
Ford sacrifices himself by blowing Wafner and friends to kingdom come.
How original.
As a 'reward', Boyce's superior sends surviving team on another mission.
End titles roll with stupid rap music.
WTF?
Title font on poster looks remarkably like Wolfenstein (2009 onwards).
More so, meat hums very much of Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
Hitting refresh.
Occultist experiments at Deathshead's secret X-Labs create legions of undead man-made monsters.
Project "Uber Soldat" (Super Soldier) and 'Operation Resurrection' nicely sews shit up.
Jovan Adepo - Pvt. Boyce
Wyatt Russell - Cpl. Ford
Mathilde Ollivier - Chloe
Pilou Asbæk - Wafner
Summary
On the eve of D-Day, Allied forces sent to disable enemy radio tower atop of church in Nazi-occupied France make a gruesome discovery.
In preparation for the 1000-year Reich, civilians are being experimented on to create army of near invincible super soldiers.
Just in case it hasn't hit home, title is derived from Operation Overlord, codename for the Normandy landings.
Wolfensploitation
A very strong opening is complemented by impressive action and brutal, if OTT gore.
Dramatic soundtrack suits situation and you cannot help but admire choreography.
Characters are decent, but script contains way too many cheesy (and clichéd) 'American' comebacks.
Unspeakable experimentation during WW II actually happened, but not like this of course.
After all, this is a work of fiction, not fact.
Horror taking centre stage is when things bizarrely go downhill.
There aren't any monsters per se, unless humanoid mutants qualify.
Final 30 minutes or so borders on the ridiculous.
A badly disfigured Wafner injects himself with serum (dubbed the blood of eternity) and becomes...
William fucking Birkin from Resident Evil 2.
If you're gonna rip off Capcom's classic, at least go the whole nine yards and have end boss mutate into a kick ass monster.
But predictably.
Ford sacrifices himself by blowing Wafner and friends to kingdom come.
How original.
As a 'reward', Boyce's superior sends surviving team on another mission.
End titles roll with stupid rap music.
WTF?
Title font on poster looks remarkably like Wolfenstein (2009 onwards).
More so, meat hums very much of Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
Hitting refresh.
Occultist experiments at Deathshead's secret X-Labs create legions of undead man-made monsters.
Project "Uber Soldat" (Super Soldier) and 'Operation Resurrection' nicely sews shit up.
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