Hybrid zombie-war flick Overlord gets the guns right (VIDEO)

By Chris Eger

With a plot that starts off with a group of paratroopers sent to blow up an enemy radio tower only to find it co-located with the weaponized undead, Overlord is interesting and rife with classic hardware. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
The new Paramount Pictures horror film “Overlord” may be a little far-fetched but it’s filled with period-correct weaponry.
Produced by recent “Star Wars” boss J. J. Abrams, the film released earlier this month and is really two movies spliced together. The first half is a general WWII tale highlighting a squad of paratroopers on a critical mission on the eve of D-Day. The second half pits said sky soldiers against not only dislikable Nazis but dislikable Nazi zombies.
In short, it’s like you are watching an episode of “Band of Brothers” and suddenly “28 Days” has clicked in, only with more gore.

While of course you have to suspend belief for the more supernatural aspects of the film, director Julius Avery — who said he was enthralled as a youth of photo albums from his grandfather’s military experience in North Africa in WWII — pays attention to detail when it comes to the hardware used in the film to the slow clap of gun enthusiasts

Source: Guns.com