World War Z

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World War Z

PG-13

Released Jun 21, 2013

1h 55m

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Adventure

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When former U.N. investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his family get stuck in urban gridlock, he senses that it's no ordinary traffic jam. His suspicions are confirmed when, suddenly, the city erupts into chaos. A lethal virus, spread through a single bite, is turning healthy people into something vicious, unthinking and feral. As the pandemic threatens to consume humanity, Gerry leads a worldwide search to find the source of the infection and, with luck, a way to halt its spread.

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Critics Consensus

It's uneven and diverges from the source book, but World War Z still brings smart, fast-moving thrills and a solid performance from Brad Pitt to the zombie genre.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

While the 3D effect helped increase the intensity of the film, I can only hope a sequel will fill in some of the story that is dangling in some areas.

Rated: C+

Sep 7, 2017

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Scrape off all that spectacle and it's pretty non-original stuff.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 5, 2017

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

It's actually quite remarkable this movie turned out even remotely good, considering the horrendous production reports and the reshooting of the entire last act.

Rated: B

Apr 23, 2015

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Marco Beltrami’s score is excellent for the genre and the environment he’s given to work with...

Rated: A-

Aug 19, 2024

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Successfully captures the fragmented and anthological nature of the source material, with the scope and scale managing to deliver exciting sequences not often seen in low-budget zombie fare.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Benjamín Harguindey

EscribiendoCine

The well-filmed genial ending makes us realize the weaknesses of what preceded it. Finally, the zombies are scary. But what are we afraid of? There isn't one single interesting character in the entire movie. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Aug 7, 2023

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Bill from Winchester

Cool movie about zombies. Brad Pitt was good as the main role. Lots of gore and violence so not recommended for younger viewers.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/25

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Blu B

It's a Modern Zombie Classic. Editing is really good and everything else is solid. It's really an action adventure flick with a survival horror movie merged together. The direction isn't bad either. My biggest complaint is if you've seen any other zombie movie than you've seen this already. It doesn't reinvent anything at all. The ending also was very predictable as well but still we done. Pitt's good but really no other character has much depth to them, is memorable beyond the woman soldier, and it really would've helped to have more colorful characters surrounding him. He's interesting enough but defintely needed more. If anything from Dawn of the Dead, The Walking Dead, Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead, and Evil Dead II have taught us anything is that it always pays to have interesting supporting characters to add depth. The zombie designs also are fine but there isn't really anything memorable about them. They're the same generic looking zombie you've seen from I am Legend, Dawn of the Dead remake, Resident Evil, and a ton of others from the past few decades. Same with them being super fast it's nothing we haven't seen before but it's done well. And the special effects are good though them chattering their teeth like the Xenomorph from Alien is kinda goofy. The story is fine and it really is just a bunch of action setpieces where the zombies are in (Insert country name here). That's about it. Save for the first encounter and the last in the WHO lab it's all pretty generic stuff and is a bit repetitive. It's still well told and well made but it's nothing new really. If your a big fan of zombie flicks, any actors in this, or the director than give this a watch for sure.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Mike G

The movie is fine, but the the end felt like the movie was crazy

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/04/25

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Heather D

Watched this and Overlord back to back and Overlord was immensely better.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/03/25

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Markus L

Are kidding me, I’m a god damn Z

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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Cfunk D

I think it's a great movie. The look of the zombies and dialogue is great. Along with awesome acting. Solid pacing

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/25

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Gerry Lane

Mireille Enos

Karen Lane

James Badge Dale

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Synopsis

When former U.N. investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his family get stuck in urban gridlock, he senses that it's no ordinary traffic jam. His suspicions are confirmed when, suddenly, the city erupts into chaos. A lethal virus, spread through a single bite, is turning healthy people into something vicious, unthinking and feral. As the pandemic threatens to consume humanity, Gerry leads a worldwide search to find the source of the infection and, with luck, a way to halt its spread.

Director: Marc Forster
Producer: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Ian Bryce
Screenwriter: Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof, Matthew Michael Carnahan
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Latina Pictures, GK Films, Paramount, Plan B Entertainment, Plan B Films, 2DUX²
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Frightening Zombie Seq|Disturbing Images|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 7, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $202.4M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby

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