Monday 24 June 2013

Film: World War Z

A virus outbreak that turns people into vicious killers quickly traverses the globe and in order to ensure that his family is protected former United Nations representative Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) must return to the field and search for the origin of the virus.

World War Z immediately throws the viewer into the heart of the action as a seemingly ordinary day descends into a fight for survival for the Lane family. 

Following the explosive opening sequence (partly filmed in my home city of Glasgow) we are off on a round-the-world trip with Lane as he looks for clues to explain what the virus is and how it can be combated.

It seems that reports of re-shoots, re-edits, arguments and studio interference may have put people of this unnecessarily. Regardless of how the movie came to be in its finished state there is no doubt that this is the best zombie film since the brilliant 28 Days Later.

The undead featured here are like a pack of hungry wolves and even move like them on occasion. Pitt is as charismatic as ever as the determined investigator and the supporting cast (including The Killing’s Marielle Enos) all perform well, even the zombies!

World War Z is an action-fest with cool zombies and a bona-fide superstar getting right in the middle of it. What more could you ask for? A bit more emotion maybe.

Check it out in cinemas now.



Ric’s Rating: Highly Recommended.

4 comments:

  1. I saw it this weekend and reviewed it today. I had a couple issues with the film but enjoyed it overall. Some of the scenes were really chilling.

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  2. I'll have a look soon Alex.

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  3. Hey Ric! Thanks for the review. I think I'm convinced. I was wondering if they had to tone it down too much while trying to avoid it being rated R. I'm going to go see what Alex thought also.

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  4. Great review Ric. Impressive and fun, but not as a good as it’s first 20 minutes promised.

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