Overlord

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Synopsis

Action/Horror. As part of D-Day in World War II, a group of American soldiers (Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, John Magaro) parachute behind enemy lines, where their mission gets more complicated as they find German scientists performing strange experiments.

Content elements

• Frequent, sometimes aggressive use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, and cursing; infrequent use of vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence – much blood, gore, and wound detail; portrayal of a sexual assault – no nudity, little detail
• Frequent portrayals of frightening scenes, nightmarish imagery, and transformations – much blood and gore
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking in recreational and historical contexts – little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions – some detail

Thematic elements

• Moral codes
• Commitment and honour
• The horrors of war

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for frequent portrayals of gory, brutal violence

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