Back home

World War Z

16074 votes

Producing House

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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2013-06-19

Runtime: 116 mins

Director: Marc Forster

Spoken language: English

Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Original title: World War Z

Production Companies: GK Films, Paramount Pictures, Hemisphere Media Capital, 2DUX², Skydance Media, Plan B Entertainment

Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

Reviews

m

mooney240
**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 the globe for hope and a cure, and the breakneck speed of the plot comes screeching to a halt in the final act bringing the crazed terror up close and intimate with unending anxiety. World War Z gives us the most extraordinary and unparalleled zombie movie to date and a frightening and wild ride from start to finish.
2022-08-27

m

mooney240
**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 the globe for hope and a cure, and the breakneck speed of the plot comes screeching to a halt in the final act bringing the crazed terror up close and intimate with unending anxiety. World War Z gives us the most extraordinary and unparalleled zombie movie to date and a frightening and wild ride from start to finish.
2022-08-25

D

Dark Jedi
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 to get over these little issues. As an action movie with zombies as the main adversary it is a fairly good movie. The action is solid, the special effects okay and the entire movie continues at a reasonably brisk pace. Pitt is also doing a decent job of his role. There are few of the other actors that are very memorable though. The scenes where the zombies pile onto each other to scale walls and even reach choppers are rather cool. The movie is not very gory for being a zombie movie. Whether that is a good thing or not depends on the viewer I guess. Personally I do not mind some gory stuff in zombie movies. There are a few annoying parts which Hollywood always seem to have to throw in. For example, the world is on the brink of the apocalypse and Lane and his wife just doesn’t want to get involved. What the f…? Also why do people always let their kids wander away in situations where they really should keep track of them? Not to mention how clumsy people always get when they have to sneak around and be silent. These things are just annoying. Anyway, this movie fulfils its purpose as two hours of action-filled but not too intelligent entertainment quite well.
2017-12-20

D

Dan_Tebasco
**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 Steven Segal territory ocassionally, or at the very least Jean Claude Van Damme... But without the fighting skills. So yeah not an impressive film.
2017-03-14

Recommendations

I Was a Teenage Zombie
2.4

I Was a Teenage Zombie

1987-07-01

A high-school student and a drug pusher land in a nuclear-wasted river and come out zombies.

Jesse Stone: Night Passage
3.5

Jesse Stone: Night Passage

2006-01-15

A prequel to "Stone Cold", the story picks up after Jesse Stone is fired from the Los Angeles Police

Fail Safe
3.5

Fail Safe

2000-04-09

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclea

Day of a Thousand Screams
1.3

Day of a Thousand Screams

2012-01-13

TV reporter Natasha McGrath is sent to a remote area. Along with her small crew and a couple of camp

A Thousand Days
3.5

A Thousand Days

2023-04-19

Sri accepts a generous job offer and tasked to perform a cleansing ritual for Dela Atmojo, an uncons

Patient Zero
2.6

Patient Zero

2018-09-14

After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent infected be

Horror Hospital
2.5

Horror Hospital

1973-05-11

Following his forced retirement from an appalling rock band, Jason decides to vacation at Brittlehou

Revenge in the House of Usher
1.6

Revenge in the House of Usher

1983-03-23

Upon arriving at the dilapidated estate of his mentor, Dr. Harker finds his former professor, Dr. Us

Mortal Thoughts
2.8

Mortal Thoughts

1991-04-19

A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserv

The Apocalypse Watch
1.8

The Apocalypse Watch

1997-03-02

A CIA analyst takes over a case from his brother, a field agent who was killed in the line of duty,

ZOMBIE
4.5

ZOMBIE

2011-02-22

ZOMBIE, a 19 minute psychological horror film, is based on the award-winning novella by literary ico

Ponyboi
0

Ponyboi

2025-06-27

Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run fro

Sleeping Dogs
1.9

Sleeping Dogs

1997-10-12

A master jewel thief in 21st century Los Angeles targets the illegal emerald smuggling operations of

Brain Dead
2.4

Brain Dead

2007-10-17

A sleepy fishing port town is consumed with terror when a small crater crash-lands nearby and releas

The Accused
3

The Accused

1949-01-12

A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.

13th Child
1.3

13th Child

2002-10-25

People are being killed by someone or something using superhuman strength. A clever DA Assistant is

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
3.4

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

2015-09-09

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the myste

Demon Resurrection
1.8

Demon Resurrection

2008-02-18

In an isolated house, a group of friends battle supernatural forces as they try to protect a young w

Stryker
2.1

Stryker

1983-09-02

The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the se

The Anderson Tapes
3

The Anderson Tapes

1971-06-17

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her pos