Film:
Overlord
Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on basement television.
Genre mash-ups are fun when they’re done right. Combine Westerns and science fiction and you can walk out the other side with
Serenity. Of course, you can also combine Westerns and science fiction and walk out the other side with
Wild Wild West or
Cowboys and Aliens. You have to be careful when you’re blending genres. Add in a third genre, and things can get very strange indeed. And that’s where we’re going to pick up
Overlord, an alternate universe World War II movie that is going to throw in some weird science and some zombies for a war/sci-fi/zombie horror Neapolitan ice cream of cinema.
If you know even a little World War II history, you’re probably aware that “Overlord” was the codename for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. In this alternate history, we’re showing up on June 5th, the day before the invasion. A group of paratroopers are preparing to drop behind enemy lines with the goal of taking out a radio jamming tower to help with air cover for the following day. We can tell this is an alternate history right away because our paratrooper unit is racially integrated.
