A young British man Tom Beddoes is called up to war. The film follows his training and then finally landing on the beaches of Frances. There are large amounts of archival footage from both Allies and German sources that are intercut with this fictional character. I really didn't care or buy into the fictional account. The characters are interchangeable and not that compelling. The archival footage is another story. They take up about half of the movie and is rather fascinating. They don't actually connect with the fictional story. They create a surreal mood in the movie. The ending does have a poetic touch. However the fictional story still isn't that compelling.
Review of Overlord
