"Movie is frightening, movie is entertaining, but inarguably flawed.."

Rating: 6/10 (14 August 2015)

How would the world react if there is a zombie apocalypse? How nations from around the globe respond? "World War Z" gives us an interesting insight on the mentioned topic. Kinds of action performed by countries to freeze the attacks – some nuke, some build a wall, some remove teeth of her people to avoid bite, while some ignore. But, in the movie, instead of picturing the world as the hero for the disaster, it closes on Brad Pitt instead.
It begins with an eruption of a zombie outbreak; an inconceivable but frightening catastrophe that threatens to consume the whole planet. The source is unknown though – where it started, and how. Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is a former UN investigator – a competent man that one has loads of experiences behind him. A story has a tail of Gerry to disembark on various cities, to halt the outbreak. Although the picture is being hailed as a horror/zombie in general, it could be an adventure/action, with its protagonist jumping from one country to another, to rescue the world from extinction.
The suspense is a killer, and the movie is great in that aspect. The atmosphere is commendable, as sense of healthy escapism well developed. The fact that the story never sticks with one location, it generates interest in the audience. To get a load of zombies in different regions amongst different groups of people, is an absolute fun.
Brad Pitt holds the film's strength in my opinion. His strong presence, and good performance, brought forward soul for the medium, and thrived for good senses of sincere play that is, humane. In one scene in particular, where a plane carrying infected-survivors crashes, Lane, which is Brad Pitt, with his tender eyes, but hiding sympathy, watching so deep at a troubled, infected woman that is strapped and trapped to a seat. The look clearly tells us about the character's disappointment to the condition of the world at that time, in the story.
Movie is frightening, movie is entertaining, but inarguably flawed, both in its plotting and screenplay itself. So much filled with plot holes, the film dragged my down my praises upon succeeding to witness the undesirable fact of it. Brad Pitt flies to South Korea, and Jerusalem afterwards, and finally to Cardiff. The journey is so colourful and seemed very much 'scripted'. Furthermore, the story would fare better if the heroes are countries of the world, instead of being one-sided to an individualistic tale.
The movie is still pleasant nonetheless, especially if one watches in a theatre where, I will mention it again, it provides perfect cinematic escapism. Well, zombies are zombies, they are fun and I love, and often will I love them. As a big fan of horror-zombie movie genre like me, a low-profile gift of thanks for it would be adequate? Yes.
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