OVERLORD

OVERLORD.  Note: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the order to Allied Forces in World War II called "Operation Overlord" to invade the Germany enemy forces in the largest amphibious military operation in history.

Not since the opening scene of Savings Private Ryan have I ever felt like YOU were actually in the US LCVP's (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) or also called "Higgins" Boats with the cold sea spray splashing you in the face on a grey morning on D-Day June 5, 1944 off the coast of France and puking your guts out because you were so nervous.  Take away the LCVP's and substitute US C-47 Transport planes filled with paratroopers ready to invade France over the air on the eve of D-Day and carry out a mission to destroy radio towers so the Germans could not see the Allied forces coming.

Probably one of the best opening sequences you will see all year.  You are actually IN the planes with the soldiers and ready to jump to your death.  My advice to you is, get to your seats early, have a couple cocktails before hand, settle in and immerse yourself into the Army in this movie.  It's incredible, the realism and how in gods green earth do they do the special effects, crazy!  What also makes this movie great is that you cannot recognize any of the actors.  This makes it like you are along with the platoon and meeting everybody for the first time like the soldiers are in the movie. 

How to summarize: you are in the Army on a mission and survive death through the air.  You regroup, and then are a witness to insane acts of mankind from the German Army and Secret Lab.  That's right folks a lab that does it's way with experimenting and torturing real people until they can find the magic formula that creates a "1000 year old army."  If you have ever scene the movie "Hostile" directed by Eli Roth, this movie definitely takes a page out of that movie with the closed corridors and steel doors not knowing what is behind them.    

Awesome, awesome movie.  Incredibly INTENSE, VIOLENT, not sure how in the hell they did these special effects but they look as real as you can imagine, and you honestly think you are in the same room with these people fighting for your life with bullets whizzing by you, Germans tracking you down and the fear of what if I get caught and what are they going to do with me!?

Produced by J.J. Abrahams this is a BIG TIME action/horror flick and delivers in all categories. One warning: the scene with the US Camera man..watch IT.. If you dare. This movie is SICK! 

93.91 A

As always..thanks for reading.  The Family Man.