{"id":15293,"date":"2013-06-19T18:14:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T17:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=15293"},"modified":"2013-06-19T18:14:06","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T17:14:06","slug":"world-war-z-review-brad-pitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2013\/06\/19\/world-war-z-review-brad-pitt\/","title":{"rendered":"World War Z"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brad<\/a><\/p>\n

The buzz surrounding this expensive zombie-apocalypse movie has been largely negative but it turns out to be agreeable genre fare, laced with some spectacular set-pieces.<\/p>\n

Brad Pitt plays a UN troubleshooter who has to escort his family to safety after a virus turns Philadelphia (and the rest of the world) into bloodthirsty, rampaging zombies.<\/p>\n

From there he is recruited to find the source of the disease and his journey takes him to South Korea, Israel and Wales, all the while avoiding infection himself.<\/p>\n

Although this is essentially a big budget, apocalyptic disaster movie – reworking elements of 28 Weeks Later<\/a> (2007), Contagion<\/a> (2011) and Independence Day<\/a> (1996) – Pitt has the screen presence to keep our attention hold as the film shifts rapidly around the world.<\/p>\n

At times it moves too fast, but the action is competently handled and there are some interesting ideas laced amidst the chaos, notably the real world hotspots such as South Korea and Israel making their way into the mix.<\/p>\n

Though those traces remain the novel upon which it was based was apparently much more political (exploring the issues from a global perspective and having the disease begin in China), which meant they were trimmed for the demands of the global marketplace.<\/p>\n