The second best zombie film ever made, a true masterpiece! The contagion of zombie movies.

Rating: 9/10 (22 June 2013)

There are many loyal zombie fans out there, a true legion. This film succeeds where so many zombie films in the past have failed. This film for once, was not a typical rehash of a group of people trying to hold up and survive a zombie apocalypse. This was an excellent story, it was so well written. Yes, its PG13 and you die hard zombie fans out there would love to see people's face get ripped off and ate, or guts being torn out from victims. Lets face it people that is a bunch of bs, you don't have to show people getting eaten alive and ripped apart for it to be a zombie film. This film was extremely intense throughout, there were very little moments where you weren't cringing on the edge of your seat; or do what I do during intense films covering one of my ears with my fingers as I am trying to watch the film but look down towards the floor just to anticipate a flinch moment. I loved this film so much, because it was extremely realistic it was not some lame explanation on how zombies became infected. This was not a movie where zombies mysteriously just rise from their graves and start attacking people, no mystery toxin gas or goo, or some random unexplained zombie deciding to attack people. I loved how this was written, this is truly the contagion of zombie movies. I have a deep respect for the classic zombie films and George Romero the godfather of all zombie films, those were great and helped pave the way for generations to come. This however, is the most realistic, superbly written zombie film to ever come out. My favorite and greatest zombie film in my opinion is 28 Weeks Later, but this film is frightening because of how realistic it is. I was scared, because instead of zombies wanting brains it was legions of infected simply wanting to spread their disease like a virus which is so much more believable. Brad Pitt was phenomenal in this film, he was an excellent actor. Seriously, go out and watch this and be forewarned to not bite your nails or engage in your nervous ticks, because this will have you on the edge of your seat throughout the whole movie. The soundtrack was also excellent, it made the film a lot more intense. It got insane, but still remained suspenseful and realistic. I appraise this film, because it was a zombie movie and yet it wasn't full of gore. Which is amazing, this film just proved to Hollywood and broke the molds of proving to everyone that a zombie film can still be a zombie film without the gore.