World War Z (2013)

Plot:

In a world where the dead starts rising from their grave and martial law is declared, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his family are found facing a challenge of survival. Gerry starts his average day cooking pancakes and taking his kids to school when the whole city goes berserk and they are forced to flee and fend for themselves as a wall of super fast zombies are trying to bite people. Gerry eventually escapes the mainland with his family through the help of the government and is relocated on an air carrier hundreds of miles from the mainland. Unknown to Gerry, the government only helped him and his family in exchange for his services to help them figure out a cure to the zombie apocalypse. Gerry tries to tell them that he is retired from special ops and works for the United Nations now, however the government representatives threaten to kick him and his family back off the boat and on the mainland if he didn't help. Finding no choice, Gerry enlists his services and departs for places such as Korea, Israel, and Europe to find a possible cure with a scientist.

My Thoughts:

For a summer blockbuster, it delivered in entertainment value. The action sequences are stunning and it was scary to see how fast they had the Zombies move in this film as well as how normal they looked to humans apart from the super speed. Pitt's performance was believable as well as the other cast members. You could feel the sense of urgency that the characters all had when trying to escape the zombie outbreak. My only drawbacks to this film is you can see the scary parts coming and at the end during the climax of the movie, there is a part that makes the entire audience laugh and takes away from the believable reality of the movie. I remember the whole theater laughing at that part because of how ridiculous it sounded.

Rating:

3 Popcorns

I liked the film it was enjoyable, though I wish I could have been enthralled in the story from start finish as I mentioned with climax at the end. But it is still a summer movie worth seeing in the theaters because of the action sequences and the storytelling for the most of it.