World War D-Minus

Rating: 4/10 (27 May 2014)

In my opinion, for being the most hyped and expensive ($190 million) zombie movie ever made, WWZ really wimped out, big-time.
I mean, c'mon - For the sheer magnitude of this particular zombie invasion (which was literally worldwide), WWZ should've been made as an x-rated horror movie where all of the gore and horror would completely overwhelm the viewer and leave one absolutely gasping to catch their breath.
An epidemic of this virus's magnitude was rendered way too tame with this film's PG-13 rating.
With the exception of a few very impressive swarming zombie attacks (where the utter panic in the crowd was perfectly executed), WWZ contained far too many scenes that reduced its story to the point of being nearly anaemic.
Below are 4 of my biggest beefs which lost WWZ some significant points -
(1) I thought that it really sucked that Brad Pitt's character got sprayed directly in the mouth with zombie-blood and yet he didn't "turn".
(2) As well, I thought that the ridiculous focus on the Lanes, as the ultimately ideal and cute, happy-go-lucky, all-American family-unit was just too sickening for words.
(3) The wall that was built around the entire city of Jerusalem was a stroke of sheer stupidity which went way beyond anything even marginally plausible. Like, do you actually realize what sort of an undertaking this would be to construct such a wall as this? (And after it was built it didn't even turn out to be zombie-proof anyways)
(4) I thought that the Gerry Lane character, played by that over-rated actor, Brad Pitt, made for an absolutely terrible hero. This guy was completely clueless as to what was going one, yet it seemed like everyone was relying on this dunce to save the day. (Spare me, please!)
And speaking about Brad Pitt, I thought that this no-talent twit was really showing his age in this picture. To me, Pitt looked totally haggard, tired and, yes, bored throughout the entire duration of the story.