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World War Z (2013)

PG-13 06/19/2013 Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller 1h 56m
68%
User
Score
7.0/10
67%
63/100

There will come a day when the world we know will end.

Overview

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.

Marc Forster

Director

Drew Goddard

Screenplay

Damon Lindelof

Screenplay

Matthew Michael Carnahan

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

Gerry Lane

Mireille Enos

Mireille Enos

Karen Lane

Daniella Kertesz

Daniella Kertesz

Segen

James Badge Dale

James Badge Dale

Captain Speke

Ludi Boeken

Ludi Boeken

Jurgen Warmbrunn

Matthew Fox

Matthew Fox

Parajumper

Fana Mokoena

Fana Mokoena

Thierry Umutoni

David Morse

David Morse

Ex-CIA Agent

Elyes Gabel

Elyes Gabel

Andrew Fassbach

Media

Brad Pitt Escapes a Zombie Outbreak in New York City

Brad Pitt Escapes a Zombie Outbreak in New York City

Brad Pitt Fights to Survive as Zombies Infect Philadelphia

Brad Pitt Fights to Survive as Zombies Infect Philadelphia

Official Movie Trailer 2

Official Movie Trailer 2

Official Movie Trailer

Official Movie Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Dan_Tebasco

Written on March 14, 2017

**Put's the Zzz in Zombie**

First time I saw it 3 odd years ago I was not impressed.

Decided to give it another go though today, which I wish I hadn't cause it was even worse and more dull than I remember.

Now when I say dull I don't necessarily mean that it lacks action (it has a bunch of scenes with action, and being that these zombies run superfast unlike the typical zombies in film and series perhaps even a bit more than the average) but lack of interesting characters or good actors and any sort of originality in script makes it a tired ride.

Brad Pitt is not necessarily a great actor but he seriously did his most barebones performance here, you were just on the run from zombies with cars flying over and all kinds of stuff but you barely show any sort of emotion? Borderline...

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A review by Per Gunnar Jonsson

Written on December 20, 2017

As with most zombie movies the plot is rather contrived and unbelievable (even if you accept the existence of zombies) but if you want to watch zombie movies in the first place that is something that you are supposed to be immune to.

This is another variant of zombies being created by some virus and rapidly taking over most of the planet. As I said, the entire story is somewhat unbelievable. When I first read about zombies as a kid there was always some supernatural/magic stuff involved. I think I liked that “explanation” much better than the virus nonsense which just have too many holes in it. For example there is no way a virus could make human bodies roam around aimlessly inside a sterile laboratory for days without nutrition. Well, as I said, it is a zombie movie so one just have ...

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A review by The Movie Mob

Written on August 26, 2022

**World War Z makes the zombie hordes even more terrifying in their relentless need to consume, coupled with their fury, speed, and inevitability. No zombie movie comes close to the horror and intensity of World War Z.**

World War Z finally presents zombies as an overwhelming wave of death and destruction, an actually foreboding menace. Other zombie films shuffle about with slow shamblers whose vast numbers make them dangerous, but not in World War Z. These zombies' are unstoppable in their lust for human flesh, desperately climbing over each other to attempt to satiate their endless hunger. World War Z makes the fall of the world to the zombie plague believable for the first time. The film's frenzied pace personifies the panic and hopelessness of survival. Brad Pitt frantically scours ...

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A review by The Movie Mob

Written on August 27, 2022

**World War Z makes the zombie hordes even more terrifying in their relentless need to consume, coupled with their fury, speed, and inevitability. No zombie movie comes close to the horror and intensity of World War Z.**

World War Z finally presents zombies as an overwhelming wave of death and destruction, an actually foreboding menace. Other zombie films shuffle about with slow shamblers whose vast numbers make them dangerous, but not in World War Z. These zombies' are unstoppable in their lust for human flesh, desperately climbing over each other to attempt to satiate their endless hunger. World War Z makes the fall of the world to the zombie plague believable for the first time. The film's frenzied pace personifies the panic and hopelessness of survival. Brad Pitt frantically scours ...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on February 16, 2025

This time it’s Brad Pitt’s turn to find himself embroiled in an apocalyptic drama as his “Gerry” character and his family are caught up in a zombie uprising that puts the entire population at risk. Now this isn’t just your run-of-the mill American scenario - this is a truly global one. Fortunately for humanity, “Gerry” is a former investigator for the United Nations but don’t let that put you off, he’s actually not too shabby at his job so in order to preserve those dear to him, he agrees to work for Deputy Secretary General “Umatoni” (Fana Mokoena) in trying to find some sort of cure for the pathogen that’s causing all this turmoil. That takes him to Jerusalem and the via an handily placed Belarus airways plane to Cardiff where there might just be hope if he can ge...

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