Lacked originality, needs more perspective!

Rating: 5/10 (21 July 2013)

The movie was originally adapted from Max Brooks's World War Z book, of which the film takes the similar title. Brooks had written WWZ with extreme clarity and precision and a strong, serious tone. It was appealing to read the book, it was much more interesting than the title suggests. The story-line was based on a typical heroic archetype structure, very linear and, in a way, unoriginal. I find myself strongly siding with Henry Barnes, because it's been a long-standing problem in the Zombie genre to take the performance so seriously. Brad Pitt seems largely invisible and untouchable–despite the apocalypse, nothing happens to him that we see. http://www.indiejudge.com/reviews/world-war-2013-movie-review/