"World War Z" (15)Director: Marc Forster.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Mathew Fox and James Badge Dale.
Rated: 15 for containing sustained threat and strong violence.
Running time: 116 minutes.
Out now, in UK cinemas.
Former UN representative Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) must travel the world in a race against time, to find the cure to the zombie apocalypse and return to his family all in one piece.
Originally a best selling book written by Max Brooks, "World War Z" is (supposed to be) a story told from different accounts of people during the great Zombie War. The film version is completely different, just featuring on one character and his struggle to find a cure.
"World War Z" (in my opinion) fails completely. To call itself a horror film would be a lie, in fact you could possibly call it a cuddly version of so many zombie films we have seen in the past. One of my concerns, is that it wasn`t gory enough. It is almost like the film company weren't sure which age group they were aiming for, so they cut out all of the gore to play it safe. After all, what is a zombie film ,without a splash of gore?
The action is almost comical, with set pieces as large as I have ever seen before completely put to waste. The special effects were fairly decent, but become boring after so long. However when they have the invasion in Jerusalem, they work quite well, with zombie hordes climbing an insanely tall wall. The acting, is shallow; even for Brad pitt`s standards and leaves the viewer with the impression, that nobody really cares for this production.
Personally, I feel that the real reason for the failure of the film was the time, the production spent in development hell. There really is little to praise in the film, except that "World War Z" works well as an action film, but falters on the concept of the zombie apocalypse. A sequel is being planned, but if it`s any worse than this instalment, count me out.
2 STARS
Written by Scott Gentry.
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