World War Z or World War Z
as it’s pronounced here in the UK
is a zombie apocalypse movie based on the 2006 novel of the same name. It takes
the traditional ideas of a zombie movie and expands them to a global scale,
telling at the same time the story of a single Philadelphian family whose
patriarch, ex UN investigator Gerry
Lane (Brad Pitt), is tasked with travelling the
globe in search of the outbreaks origin, with the hope of discovering a cure.
The movie’s production has been one of the most troubled in recent years with
an ambitious shooting schedule and numerous re-writes and re-shoots, even up to
the end of 2012, taking the movie’s budget up to around the $200 million mark.
If the busy screening, star appeal and word of mouth I’ve already encountered
are anything to go by though, the movie is sure to make a very tidy profit
within the next couple of weeks.
I try to avoid reviews before I
write my own in case they inform my opinion but I’d heard a couple of mixed
verdicts before seeing this movie. Coupled with the production troubles, I
wasn’t expecting a brilliant film. I was pleasantly surprised then by World War Z (Z) as it excited,
entertained and scared me from start to finish.
