World War Z is what happens when a zombie outbreak reaches a global scale. Zombie media was practically inescapable in the 2010’s. So I wasn’t exactly surprised when World War Z became the highest grossing zombie movie of all time. It’s both rated PG-13 and feels more like an action movie. I liked the movie alright, but I am curious to read the 2006 book World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. Apparently, World War Z is one of the most unfaithful book to movie adaptations of all time.
The book reads more like a United Nations report with interviews from survivors of the zombie war. While the movie doesn’t lose its geopolitical commentary, it’s not as overt as originally intended. Though there are still plenty of uncomfortable parallels to the modern day pandemic. Zombies seem to appear out of nowhere, but some countries already knew. These zombies are fast, resourceful, and multiple by the thousands. Box-office draw Brad Pitt is thrown into the action as a former UN agent with a family to protect.
With his wife and daughters safely in military custody, Gerry Lane stumbles from country to country searching for answers and a possible cure. The most intense set pieces are a horde of zombies scaling a wall in Jerusalem and an outbreak happening on a plane. It’s almost enough to make up for the anticlimactic ending. Although it is unique to have illness be the cure, several rewrites and production problems couldn’t pull it off. World War Z is more brainless action than intelligent thriller.
Zombies scale a wall
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Brad Pitt vs Zombies, that’s when you know Hollywood’s desperate.
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They knew what they were doing casting him.
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I can confirm the book is very different. There’s another movie to make with it. Or even a series.
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Hopefully they make a more faithful adaptation in the future.
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Really great moments in this movie, though, like the wall scene you have above, when they realize the noise is drawing them in. That was terrifying. And too late for them, of course. And earlier the bikes in the rain, having to be completely silent, and then the wife calls….. Ooh. Worst timing in the world to look for some comfort, Mrs. Pitt (I don’t recall the character’s name, lol)
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It’s the scary moments that make the movie.
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I’m a sucker for fast vicious zombies so I enjoyed this one. The book was good but might make for a better television show than film.
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That’s what I liked about 28 Days Later. I’d like to see that series.
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It’s a good zombie movie. I do think Train to Busan is better, though. Anyhow, the only thing I didn’t like about Z was the wife constantly calling the husband — very annoying!
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I forgot about that. She did call at the worst moments I recall.
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