World War Z (2013)

While “World War Z” is a great action/adventure movie, the horror elements are under used and under appreciated by the film makers. This might be due to the fact that they wanted to make a movie with a PG-13 rating and as we all know, zombies can become pretty gruesome really quick. The movie does feel like a horror film during the third act, the part of the movie that was re-written who knows how many times.

There were a couple of moments that really impressed about this film, one of which is their presentation of quickly the foundation of civilization can crumble. Watching the chaos unfold was chilling and reminded me of the similar scenes from “Cloverfield”.  Another nice attention to detail was when Brad Pitt’s character shoots one of the infected and gets some of its blood in his mouth. He runs to the ledge of the apartment building, ready to jump in case he “turns”. But after counting down to 11, he realizes that he’s ok. But there is one detail that I don’t like at all; there is a moment when Brad Pitt cuts off the hand of a soldier who was just bit, and then she doesn’t turn. Not cool! If you get bit you turn, this is not negotiable!

Gerry (Brad Pitt) is coerced into helping the UN discover the source and cure to a worldwide zombie epidemic. He runs around a lot, flies in a few planes here and there, and discovers a useful technique to use against the zombies. 

Favorite moment - the scene on the plane with the stow away zombie was pretty fun, intense, and horror-like.