Overlord
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 9, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
9
Negative:
3
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60
The TelegraphTim RobeyNov 19, 2018
The film suggests Inglourious Basterds dumbed down, pumped up, and ditching all pretension. If only it played like a spirited B-horror hybrid we could all get behind, instead of a ghoulish effects trip for the Resident Evil crowd. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBilge EbiriNov 8, 2018
As seen in the film’s terrifying opening and its gruesome climax, Avery deftly orchestrates some grisly, intense set pieces. He delivers on the thrills, even if the story leaves something to be desired. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneDavid FearNov 8, 2018
It’s the rare U.S.-Army-versus-Nazi-zombie-supersoldiers movie that, even when it lays on the psychotronic elements, still feels like it’s too mild by half. Read full review
60
EmpireBen TravisNov 5, 2018
Overlord injects a healthy dose of schlock into familiar war-movie tropes to create an entertainingly grungy hybrid, but it never quite kicks into overdrive. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaNov 9, 2018
Despite the heavy context and historical precedent, there’s not a whole lot on Overlord’s mind, and a gestured-at “defeating the monsters makes us monstrous” philosophical thread ends symmetrically but pointlessly. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 9, 2018
One pitfall of building your movie out of recycled materials is always going to be pacing. When every character is cardboard, every scene is preordained, you have to get more pop out of the performances and move this damned thing along. Read full review
50
VarietyAmy NicholsonSep 24, 2018
Even at its most suspenseful, when Jed Kurzel’s cello score stabs at the eardrums, Overlord feels familiar, a collage of cinematic nightmares checking off its influences. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerNov 7, 2018
Remove the horror aspects, and Overlord is ham-fisted and oddly unimpressive. Read full review
40
ScreenCrushBritt HayesSep 24, 2018
As a piece of moral commentary cloaked in a sci-fi gimmick, Overlord is uninspired. As an action thriller, it’s just aggressively boring. Maybe because it exhaustively recycles imagery from any number of genre films that came before it...or because the action sequences are bizarrely monotonous, save for the occasional bit of gory VFX. Read full review
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