Overlord

It escalates slowly, it builds, and then when you get to the final third of this film once the horror elements break out it's a thrill ride.

Overlord is to fact as Churchill was to sobriety, or Trump to modesty.

Enjoyable...I didn't care about a single character in this movie, and I didn't care who got blown up...I didn't feel invested, but it was action-heavy enough and well-acted enough to appreciate...once it commits, it's really entertaining.

Overlord takes many elements you've seen before and creates a mashup that's able to deliver some gory fun, riveting suspense, zombie horrors, and terrifying depictions of modern war in equal measure.

It helps to be in the mood for a period Nazi zombie shoot-'em-up but it's very successful at being a bit of fun and bloody counterprogramming.

It's reasonably good, creepy fun, provided you're not troubled by fleeting, uncomfortable thoughts like "Hey, that screaming bloodthirsty mutant monster could theoretically be a reanimated Anne Frank."

While the trailers scream horror, “Overlord” packs just as much period war-time action and suspense.

Audiences looking for a good time at the movies will find themselves surprised that they're getting something more, and it's a higher level of quality than Nazi-zombie fare has ever received, or perhaps even deserves.

Seems destined for cult status, though it's not hard to wonder how much stronger it would be if it stuck the landing.

There are sophisticated storytelling touches...