Review of World War Z (2013) by Ken L — 31 Aug 2014

The main problem with World War Z is that it actually tries to be as smart as its source material, outright diverging way too much from it, making this no other than an average zombie movie with really pretentious segments.

The first fifteen minutes are great. There is no long introduction, the movie is pretty straight-forward. And as this family witness the first minutes of the zombie outbreak, there are some geniuenly creepy scenes. And the movie is escorted by Muse's "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" which was a plus for me because of my bias feelings towards the british rock band. The rest of the movie is a mess.

I mean, I can endure the main character surviving by one or two coincidences, but the whole movie is based on them. Brad Pitt (Who plays Brad Pitt by the way) is saved and discovers key plot points by being at the right moment at the right time the entire movie, and that tells how lazy and weak the script is (Besides being completely unfaithful to the very, VERY good source material). The ending is extremely abrupt as well, leaving more frustration in the viewers. And Marc Foster with his shaky camera does not help. Because of its PG-13 rating, I walways felt I was missing the sweet gory stuff that could make this movie mildly entertaining.

This film had potential like no other, but somehow, they blew up by trying to look bold and clever, instead of actually being bold and clever.