Marc Forster. We know? Yes we do. Forster is the director of World War Z and also has directed "James Bond. A Quantum of Solace". Yes, the one the critics hated! But f.y.i. he also directed "Monster's Ball" which got Halle Berry an Oscar! And with World War Z he jumped directly onto my "Fucking Amazing List"!
World War Z is definitely an amazing movie and I will give you all the good reasons. At first it is a act that the book, on which the movie is based , is a fucking amazing book. And therefore the story can not be that bad! At second: Brad Pitt. This one is not only able to act, but also able to produce. Yes, Mr. Pitt has had his finger in the production of WWZ. But lets get to the story, shall we?
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| World War Z premier in Sydney. Picture belongs to Eva Rinaldy Celebrity and Live Music Photographer. Used under Creative Commons License. |
Pitt plays a family father, 2 daughters, a wife, former U.N. special agent and retired. A family person. Living in Philadelphia he has a pretty normal life. until the Zombie apocalypse breaks loose. Pitt and his family flee, and after a night in a flat of some friendly people they are rescued by a helicopter sent by the U.N. And what we see then is a horror scenario: The world is drowning in huge masses of Zombies. Pitt now has to get back into work for the U.N. and therefore has to leave for South Korea in order to find the source of the infection source. But in South Korea they do not really find what they are looking for. And the Zombies we get to know are not what a Zombie in "Dawn of the Dead" once were. These ones are fast, when they bite you will change into a zombie in up to 15 seconds, they are kind of like dangerous animals, react to noise and are so highly aggressive that they will crawl buildings by running over each other, building towers. How to handle this problem? Pitt tries to find the solution in Jerusalem, but due to the Zombies has to leave for Europe. In Wales he finds the first light of hope. But with a dangerous turn towards it. The zombies avoid one thing that can be deadly to humans. Weapon or defense for humans? And just so you notice: These Zombies are only really dead if you burn them, shooting is just not enough.
Pitt who does most of the acting is on top of his game, all side characters are believable, and the best of all is that Brad Pitt's character is not that typical heroic character. he is worried for his family, hates to leave them and i reluctant to start working again for the U.N. The movie offers a huge variety of entertaining and wowing shots and scenes. Also the zombies are not that super typical concerning the make-up. From the directorial side the movie is also very god and offers many different sides of the genre. The mixture of the frightening scenes and the rest is just perfect. Even the movies soundtrack is perfectly fitting. And the best to all is that the movie takes a realistic turn towards the catastrophy: humans are not totally chance less, but the zombies pose a high enough threat.
Go and watch, because you will not regret it! And if you do not like Zombies at all: Do it for Brad Pitt with hair like Jesus!
