World War Z (2013)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 240
Fresh: 161 | Rotten: 79
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.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 46
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 13
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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Movie Info
The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. (C) Paramount
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Cast
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Brad Pitt
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Mireille Enos
Karin Lane -
Daniella Kertesz
Segen -
James Badge Dale
Capt. Speke -
Ludi Boeken
Warmbrumm -
Matthew Fox
Parajumper -
Fana Mokena
Thierry Umutoni -
David Morse
Ex-CIA Agent -
Elyes Gabel
Andrew Fassbach -
Peter Capaldi
W.H.O. Doctor -
Pierfrancesco Favino
W.H.O. Doctor -
Ruth Negga
W.H.O. Doctor -
Sterling Jerins
Constance Lane -
Abigail Hargrove
Rachel Lane -
Fabrizio Zacharee Gu...
Tomas -
David Andrews
Naval Commander -
John Gordon Sinclair
Navy SEAL Commander -
Michiel Huisman
Ellis -
Mustafa Harris
Camp Humphrey's Sold... -
Ann Ogbomo
Camp Humphrey's Sold... -
Jonathan Howard
Camp Humphrey's Sold... -
Mike Noble
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Ernesto Cantu
Tomas' Father -
Vicky Araico
Tomas' Mother -
Graham Anthony Horns...
Market Attacker -
Nick Bartlett
Market Attacker -
Kevin Kiely
Motorcycle Cop -
Ruari Cannon
Pharmacy Helper -
Ryen Perkins-Gangnes
Philadelphian Zombie -
Khalid Laith
Thierry's Aide -
Noa Paulina Bodner
Israeli Camp Soldier -
Asaf Haim Ben Shimon
Israeli Camp Soldier -
Gil Cohen-Alloro
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Yaniv Rokah
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Shaul Ezer
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Linoy Aynesaz
Israeli Camp Singer -
Efrat Avni
Israeli Camp Singer -
Maisam Masri
Israeli Camp Refugee -
Renu Setna
Israeli Camp Refugee -
Ori Pfeffer
Israeli Camp Refugee -
Julia Levy-Boeken
Israeli Camp Refugee -
Imran Mraish
Israeli Camp Refugee -
Yousef Jubeh
Israeli Camp Refugee -
Josh Wingate
Argus Sergeant -
Troy Glasgow
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Richard Thompson
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Song Xuan Ke
Korean Doctor -
Christian Wong
Korean Patient -
Denis Ischenko
Airline Pilot -
Nikola Djuricko
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Elen Rhys
Flight Attendant -
Paula Videniece
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Doron Davidson
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Lee Colley
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Michael Jenn
W.H.O. Vault Zombie -
Sarah Amankwah
W.H.O. Lab Zombie
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All Critics (241) | Top Critics (46) | Fresh (161) | Rotten (79) | DVD (2)
As both thrilling spectacle and escapist summer entertainment, World War Z is enormously effective, with Brad Pitt at the center hopscotching the globe in search of the origin of a zombie apocalypse.
Top CriticPitt conducts himself manfully throughout the proceedings -- he is never less than believable while facing off against this pandemic -- but if I never see another zombie in the movies, I will not feel deprived.
If you need proof that sometimes more can be less, here you go.
As compelling as Pitt is at reflecting the world's pain through Lane's eyes, the movie treats him too often as if he truly is the only one with loved ones to lose or a world to save.
World War Z opens with an undeniable bang. But if this is the way the world ends, we're going out with a whimper.
Despite some conventional passages and a soft ending, Forster and Brad Pitt, who is a producer of the film as well as its star, pulled the picture together. They also managed to reawaken in a large-scale movie the experience of shock.
World War Z is a surprisingly entertaining, yet slightly generic zombie picture that shows promising scope and globe-trotting action, but suffers from too many genre cliches.
I always hate the shaky camera style but I think Marc Forster is better at it than Paul Greengrass. It's his editing... I guess I just speak Forster.
...a sporadically passable yet terminally misguided blockbuster that squanders its promising setup...
... the definitive zombie film for people who don't like zombie films yet want to say they liked one.
The ultimate strength of World War Z is its ability to consistently create ticking-clock situations for its characters after laying out very specific parameters.
Carried by Pitt's performance, "World War Z" is a sometimes intense story of the rise of the undead.
World War Z is often suspenseful and exciting even in the midst of clashing cinematic styles that were often incongruous but somehow come together eventually.
The film doesn't hold together in any rational way, but it still has a lingering emotional power.
... Somehow ends up being an effective action-thriller.
If you have a thirst for zombie movies, this one will quench it but won't deliver anything you haven't seen before.
The spectacular set-piece highlights were revealed in the trailers; what's left is nothing that hasn't been done much better many times before by Romero, Danny Boyle, even AMC.
Belarus Airlines? Why does Belarus need an airline? To transport donkeys and wood carts from one place to another? So mail order brides can have jobs as flight attendants?
Paramount takes a tale about worldwide turmoil and transforms it in to a rah rah America story with the day being saved by the hunky American...
An intelligent Zombie Apocalypse film, starring Brad Pitt no less. Boy, I sure did not see that one coming.
the film's best thrills almost always rely on the terror of space rapidly collapsing, leaving you no place else to run-the very essence of panic, which is the film's primary emotional register
Pitt's soulful performance lends World War Z real heart and strength.
This zombie thriller efficiently blends action sequences with investigative scenes exploring the history of the virus.
Loses it in the final act.
...distinct, off-beat and fearsomely entertaining, and functions on a canvas that reaches far beyond what we are used to in pictures of this nature.
Audience Reviews for World War Z
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Super Reviewer
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- Segen: How did you know? Cutting it off, how did you know it would work?
- Gerry Lane: I didn't
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- Andrew Fassbach: Mother nature is a serial killer, no one's better, more creative, but like all serial killers, she can't help the urge to want to get caught.
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- Gerry Lane: He slipped. He's dead.
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- Warmbrumm: Forget about patient zero.
- Gerry Lane: I can't do that; it's too late for me to build a wall.
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- Gerry Lane: Yes!
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- Gerry Lane: Lets make a barricade inside this McDonalds. I love chicken McNuggets.
Discussion Forum
| Topic | Last Post | Replies |
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| Do you think WWZ is going to be a great movie? | 12 days ago | 210 |
| 2013: The WORST year for Hollywood Films ever!!!! | 17 days ago | 183 |
| Guess the tomatometer | 3 months ago | 78 |
| Movie is different from the book | 3 months ago | 51 |
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