
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| AALBC.comKam WilliamsA bona fide summer blockbuster any way you slice it, with all the fixin's to assure any audience its money's worth of viewing pleasure and excitement. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallWorld War Z presents an abundance of relatively plausible action, smart solutions and one useful piece of information: When the zombiepocalypse comes, the undead are flying coach. |
| ObserverRex ReedWorld War Z towers above every other alleged summer blockbuster. It’s the real deal. |
| Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)Greg Maki... Somehow ends up being an effective action-thriller. |
| Philadelphia City PaperSam AdamsThe movie fares best in its quiet moments, between Pitt and wife Mirelle Enos, or in a climax set in the antiseptic maze of a Cardiff science lab. |
| DeadspinWill LeitchFor a movie that feels slapped together with gristle and spit-the reshoots on this thing must have been massive, and it still doesn't make much sense at a story or thematic level-World War Z, improbably, is still plenty entertaining. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyA bevy of screenwriters pitched in to create a zombie picture that has more in common with "Man of Steel" than it does with "Dawn of the Dead." That is a problem - a big problem. |
| AspectRatio.usMatt KelemenAlthough released in a climate oversaturated with apocalyptic visions and walking dead, [Marc] Forster's film carves a niche as a smart and thoughtfully stylized adaptation ... |
| Tolucan TimesTony Medley...one of the tensest first hour of film I've seen in a long time... |
| La OpinionJosep PareraIf one day somebody asks you to define what 'a Summer movie' means, just answer: World War Z |