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World War Z
Marc Forster
(2013)
115min
15 Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Jeremy Aspinall
"Movement is life" says the everyman hero of this big-budget adaptation of Max Brooks's apocalyptic novel, but it means death, too, when hordes of zombies literally rain from the sky. Brad Pitt plays the former UN trouble-shooter who must scour the globe in an attempt to find the cause of the cataclysmic pandemic that's transforming Earth's population into undead swarms. However, these ghouls aren't the shambling slowcoaches of a George A Romero classic; they belong to the rapid
28 Days Later
variety, and can turn the living into feral fiends in mere seconds. Pitt oozes (a bit too much) serenity in the face of deadly encounters in Philadelphia (played here by Glasgow), Korea, Israel and Wales, particularly as the safety of his family depends on whether he survives to report his findings. Zombie flicks have become a ten-a-penny staple of the horror genre, so it's hard to stand out from the putrid pack. Nevertheless, there are a couple of jump-out-of-your-skin moments here, and the epic dimension of the tale (including ghoulish masses scaling the walled city of Jerusalem like an army of ants) is jaw-dropping. But aficionados of zombie yarns sloshing in claret and viscera will probably feel cheated by this curiously bloodless affair, and, despite a tense finale in the corridors of a Welsh medical facility, the film ends with a whimper rather than a bang.
Summary
A virus sweeps across the globe, turning everyone infected into mindless, ravening zombies. As entire countries fall into chaos, a United Nations investigator sets off on a journey around the world to discover the cause of the pandemic and hopefully find a cure before human civilisation is brought to an end. Thriller based on the novel by Max Brooks, starring Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos.
Cast & Crew
Gerry Lane
Brad Pitt
Karin Lane
Mireille Enos
Segen
Daniella Kertesz
Captain Speke
James Badge Dale
Jurgen Warmbrunn
Ludi Boeken
Parajumper
Matthew Fox
Thierry Umutoni
Fana Mokoena
Ex-CIA agent
David Morse
Navy SEAL commander
John Gordon-Sinclair
WHO doctor
Peter Capaldi
WHO doctor
Pierfrancesco Favino
WHO doctor
Ruth Negga
WHO doctor
Moritz Bleibtreu
Naval commander
David Andrews (2)
Russian fighter
Konstantin Khabensky
Director
Marc Forster
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Paramount
Guidance:
Violence, some swearing.
Available on:
DVD and Blu-ray
Released on:
21 Jun 2013
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