Rampage of the undead

Rating: 6/10 (3 November 2013)

A zombie film that entered production hell, very much like a zombie. The film had to be revived with re shoots and a different ending.
The result is a modest success even though the film is not without flaws.
Pitt with his long ironed hair which must surely be contender for best supporting actor Oscar (the hair that is, not Pitt) plays a former UN troubleshooter who left to raise his kids in New York city.
Suddenly an outbreak occurs where people bite each other and soon become zombified with blood-lust.
In order to protect his family Pitt with a virologist goes to Korea to locate the outbreak of the source and a possible answer. Well the virologist takes a nasty fall and Pitt ends up in Israel and later Wales where he might have discovered a chink in this worldwide pandemic.
World War Z is an adaptation of a popular book but liberties were taken with the adaptation, especially the ending as the original cut of the film was deemed to be too grim.
The film has great scenes of panic with zombies on the loose, zombies attacking as a team as in Israel but some of the lines and scenes make you wince with its cheesiness and lapses in logic.
This does not mean its terrifically entertaining. The film starts off the blocks with a bang, there are some visceral scenes depending which cut of the film you have seen and it does rack up the tension.
It is rather refreshing to see a film being so successful when it had such public post production issues.