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World War Z:

Story:

With a vast zombie epidemic reigning in the end of the world, a small group travels to the most dangerous areas in an attempt to find a cure.

Review:

With epic direction by Quantum of Solace's Marc Forster, and an equally amazing score by Muse's frontman Matt Bellamy, World War Z was a defining and sometimes shocking thrill ride through the zombie apocalypse.

With that said, I don't often like zombie movies. They're too predictable and they never try to answer any questions in regards to the zombie epidemics they create, or they give us a poor answer that tries to show that humans don't know how to handle vials of obviously infectious fluids. Seriously. The Resident Evil films? Someone breaks a vial. Dawn of the Dead? No explanation. 28 Days Later? Monkeys spread the virus. Quarantine? OH GOD THIS APARTMENT IN A PUBLIC AREA IS GOING TO KILL US. Quarantine 2? AHHH ZOMBIES ON A PLANE. Their main focus is almost always LET'S KILL ZOMBIES, and not the obvious solution which is to find either a cure, an antidote, or a vaccine. People are so hopeless in these movies that they give up hope on finding their most hopeful and potent solution to problems of the brain eating and flesh consuming kind.

World War Z halfway delivers on this, trying to find answers to the question of how do we stop these soulless beings?

Finally, a zombie movie that tries to do right and give audiences as much hope as we want these characters to have.

The good parts:

Chases are intense, with guns firing and zombies rushing in huge mobs of unquenched hunger. The story delivers on its aspect of the zombie apocalypse, with each character reacting realistically (with a few exceptions) and resourcefully. Lastly the incredible score composed by Matt Bellamy that perfectly suits each situation and every moment, as well as some exceptional acting by Brad Pitt and a few others. Lastly, the somewhat surprising reaction to the zombie epidemic was a good change for the genre. Sure, there's still massive amounts of zombie deaths, but there's also a feeling of hope.

The bad parts:

The movie was too quick, making what should be a decently lengthy film a relatively short film instead, and certain character backgrounds weren't given more explanation. World War Z feels more like a TV show episode than a film, despite the one hour and 46 minute runtime.

Overall World War Z is good. Hopefully it's the start of more intelligent zombie films.