Storyline
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
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Cast
James Badge Dale, Brad Pitt, David Morse, Konstantin Khabenskiy, David Andrews, Lee Nicholas Harris, Moritz Bleibtreu, Nick Bartlett, Pierfrancesco Favino, Matthew Fox, Ruth Negga, Peter Capaldi, Julia Levy-Boeken, Elyes Gabel, Mireille Enos, Fana Mokoena, Abigail Hargrove, Sterling Jerins, Daniella Kertesz, Ludi Boeken, Fabrizio Guido, Troy Glasgow, Ann Ogbomo
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Reviews
78
An efficient and effectively exciting globe-spanning zombie thriller.
70
Emerges as a surprisingly smart, gripping and imaginative addition to the zombie-movie canon, owing as much to scientific disaster movies like “The China Syndrome” and “Contagion” as it does to undead ur-texts like the collected works of George Romero.
70
Village Voice
Forster's meticulousness—coupled with ample excuses to blow stuff up—isn't enough to turn World War Z into one of those class-A end-of-everything movies that leaves you feeling just a little bit queasy, momentarily uncertain of your own small place in this unmanageable world.
60
Empire
This nightmarish travelogue is coy about gore, but it’s still an effective thrill-ride. If the sequel happens, let’s hope it delivers some actual combat.
60
Choosing quantity over quality, intensity over tension and big-screen thrills over low-fi shocks – this is probably what the zombie apocalypse will actually look like.
