World War Z (2013) Movie Review

WORLD WAR Z (2013) MOVIE REVIEW

It seems like Zombies are all the rage nowadays. But with amazing Zombie tales including The Walking Dead and Dawn of the Dead, let's see how Brad Pitt's film about the living dead holds up. 

Our story begins with United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his family stuck during traffic on their way to a store. This simple family outing turns incredibly sour when rage filled monsters have begun to rampage through the crowded streets and cause mass chaos and destruction. Because of this, Gerry has now decided to contact his good friend Thierry Umutoni (Fana Mokoena) to find out what is going on. After Thierry gets rescue for Gerry and his family, they begin to discuss what exactly is going on. After a few discussions and arguments  Gerry is now on a mission across the world to find out where exactly this epidemic began and if there is anyway to stop it or possibly find a cure. I would have written more on the story but since this blog is a spoiler free zone, I obviously cannot. Anyway, I feel that the plot is quite excellent and really surpassed my original expectations of what it was going to be (with my original expectations being that it would be a cheap zombie movie rip-off with Brad Pitt on the front line of it). 

As for the actual zombies themselves, they were actually quite frightening and creepy at times. This was mainly due to the fact that these are the type of zombies that are as close to what real zombies would be like, fast, aggressive, rage filled maniacs. As well as this, many other scenes showed these undead creatures close up, revealing their exterior in disturbing ways. Speaking of their exterior, the zombies themselves genuinely looked realistic, even due to the fact that majority of them were CGI. This unfortunately happens to be one of the movies greatest downfalls which is that the zombies, while look cool and frightening, sometimes they seem to over do it. And if you over do CGI, it leaves a sloppy mess and while this mess wasn't that sloppy, it still made a small mess of blurs and pixels (although these were barely noticeable). To sum up, as expected, the zombies looked badass even with their CGI makeup.

On the acting side of the spectrum, it was actually really good considering that majority of that talent came from the main man in the film, Brad Pitt. Even still, I managed to care about the fate of alot of characters. Some of these include Segen (Daniella Kertesz) who is a ally/friend who Gerry becomes partnered with about halfway during the film and a little boy towards the beginning of the movie whom name I forget. Whilst there are many positives to the characters, there is also some negatives. One of the major ones include that Gerry's family, while they are an important part of the movie, throughout the flick I continuously forget and remember that they exist. Other problem is that Thierry is brought up and advertised as a really important character in the movie, however, you only see him during at absolute max three scenes. Besides these two problems, the acting was actually really good and surprising for a zombie horror/action flick.

To conclude, World War Z is an interesting twist on without question the most popular of fictional monsters. And luckily, they get the proper treatment with astounding realism, great acting and although at times, sloppy CGI, it still manages to hold up throughout majority of the movie. To sum this up, WWZ is a fantastic movie and could easily be found somewhere amongst my favourite movies of the year. 

RATING: 7.8/10