France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.
Practical Effects
Disgusting creature effects that reject CGI for gloriously wet body horror.
Cinematography
Opening parachute sequence shot like a nightmare you can't wake from.
Score
Jed Kurzel's synth-pulse dread that feels Carpenter by way of Normandy.
Director
Julius Avery
Jovan Adepo
Private First Class Edward Boyce
Wyatt Russell
Corporal Lewis Ford
Pilou Asbæk
Captain Wafner
Mathilde Ollivier
Chloe
John Magaro
Private First Class Lyle Tibbet
Iain De Caestecker
Private Morton Chase
Bokeem Woodbine
Sergeant Rensin
Dominic Applewhite
Private First Class Jacob Rosenfeld
Jacob Anderson
Private First Class Charlie Dawson
Mark McKenna
Private First Class Murphy
Erich Redman
Dr. Schmidt
Patrick Brammall
American Officer
Joseph Quinn
Grunauer
Hayley Carmichael
Mrs. Lesner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Produced by J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot but deliberately kept separate from the Cloverfield universe despite early speculation.
The film's pulpy tone deliberately evokes 1970s exploitation war-horror like Shock Waves, updated with A24-adjacent craft.
US
