History Film / Overlord2018

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Ford's decision to torture Wafner for information is frowned upon by Boyce, but it's impossible to feel bad for the fascist bastard as Chloe stabs him in the leg and Ford wails on him, especially after Wafner attempted to rape Chloe again and taunts her about her dead family.]]

* DeadStarWalking: Creator/BokeemWoodbine is the biggest name in the cast, and his character dies before they even reach the village when he is gunned down by German troops in front of Boyce.

** Boyce states he received his draft notice three months before D-Day. A timeline that short wouldn't be enough to complete induction, basic training, jump training and be assigned to deploying jump unit. The D-Day paratroopers trained for two years before Operation Overlord. A draftee inducted in March 1944 would likely arrive in Europe as a replacement around November or December.

** On June 6, 1944 the Allies sent the paratroopers between 6am and 7am. In the wee small hours of the morning in June, it's already pretty much daylight. Yet, the sun rises only after a good hour into the movie.

** Boyce states he received his draft notice three months before D-Day. A timeline that short wouldn't be enough to complete jump training. The D-Day paratroopers trained for two years before Operation Overlord. A draftee inducted in March 1944 would likely arrive in Europe as a replacement around November or December.

** The paratroopers are shown jumping free fall (jumping, then pulling the cord to open the chute). The D-Day jumps were static line (the cord is hooked onto a cable inside the plane so the chute opens instantly on jumping). The drops were at 700 feet AGL to minimize the paratroopers' exposure to enemy fire, which is too short for free fall (the first ten seconds of free fall equals 1,000 feet), whereas they are depicted falling for thirty seconds before opening the chute.

* ActorAllusion: [[spoiler:After injecting himself with a SuperSerum in the climax, American paratrooper Creator/WyattRussell becomes a SuperSoldier like he was when he played a {{TykeBomb}} in ''Film/{{Soldier}}''.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Most of the paratroopers (including ultra-badass Sergeant Rensin, although ''he'' at least makes it to the ground in one piece) are killed when the plane is riddled with flak-fire and ripped in half over the jump zone. Only a handful of men are able to link up on the ground and avoid the German patrols, and Corporal Ford has to take over the mission because he’s the only NCO that even makes it that far.

Not to be confused with a completely different film, ''Film/{{Overlord|1975}}'' (1975), the light novel Literature/Overlord2012, or with any other work named after Operation Overlord.

''Overlord'' is a WWII-set supernatural ActionHorror movie released November 3, 2018, starring Creator/JovanAdepo, Creator/PilouAsbaek, Creator/WyattRussell, and Creator/BokeemWoodbine, from [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]], produced by Creator/JJAbrams and directed by Julius Avery.

''Overlord'' is a WWII-set supernatural AlternateHistory ActionHorror movie released November 3, 2018, starring Creator/JovanAdepo, Creator/PilouAsbaek, Creator/WyattRussell, and Creator/BokeemWoodbine, from [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]], produced by Creator/JJAbrams and directed by Julius Avery.

* AlternateHistory: The film is apparently set in an Alternate 1940s where the US Armed Forces are desegregated in 1944 (In real life the US military was desegregated on July 26, 1948) or could be set in the{{Creator/MachineGames}}" VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}’ series in an Alternate universe where the Axis Powers are winning World War II, and vice president UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman managed to successfully convince President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt to desegregated the US Military in a will of manpower.