World War Z

World War Z

Rating 7.5 out of 10

If you have watched tv or movies lately you know the blood sucking vampires are on their way out and now what is cool and popular is zombies. World War Z follows along with that thread.  It is a movie made from a rather strange book.  For what it's worth the movie is much better than the book.  If you like zombie books or movies at all I'd highly recommend Day by Day Armageddon by JL Bourne.

In World War Z we see the boredom of a day of retired United Nations agent Gerry Lane (pretty boy Brad Pitt who does a good job here).  As he and the family drive through crowded downtown Philadelphia a heard of zombies attack with no notice.  This is not your fathers zombies or the pokey type that stroll along on the tv show the Walking Dead.  These are turbo charged zombies that can run like a deer and one of their bites will turn you into one of them in 12 seconds or less.  If you thought compound interest multiplied fast you should see these guys.  They never really explain how the zombie thing starts or why Gerry is now the worlds expert on how to fix the problem.  I guess the UN is in charge of zombies while the FBI gets vampires?  Not sure who is in charge of werewolves but I'll get back to you on that.

Once you stare into Pitts eyes all the question marks really don't matter.  He travels on a big airplane that barely takes off before being overrun with the speedy zombies.  His quest is to find out where/how the zombies started and come up with a way to stop them.  For a PG-13 movie it's a little rough, but this movie is not filled with the slimy gore you'd normally expect in these gory zombie movies.

Overall I found the movie entertaining and fun to watch.  If you are into these type movies at all I feel sure you'll feel your money was well spent.  Clearly when the zombies do attack you need to find your local UN employee and stay near him.