Review of World War Z (2013) by Wrightm1 — 25 Jun 2013

Brad Pitt Vs Zombies. It's not the disaster that everyone thought it would be, and I rather enjoyed it actually.

The best way to describe the film is uneven. This is probably partially down to the troubled production, so they may have done a great job with the footage they had. The film definitely has scary moments, but I didn't feel the impending doom and fear growing, it was just a bit of fun. Simple.

World War Popcorn is a better title for the film.

The film is a little slow in places, but then picks up again straight away. The characters are fine, and Brad Pitt gives a good performance as usual. But there is nothing special about this, apart from the ant pile of zombies, which I still like. I do think there are fun and action-packed set pieces throughout, and then it almost seems to turn into an episode of The Walking Dead in the third act, as the scale suddenly minimizes. I really enjoyed the third act.

The editing is sometimes a little choppy, and the camera shakes around a little bit too much, but as a whole I thought it fit together well.

It is a fun popcorn flick, that I hope we see a sequel too, to dig a little deeper into the story- and the characters also.