Neither Scares Nor Thrills! World War Zzzzzzzzz!

Rating: Null/10 (15 September 2015)

Lacking the chilling sense of dread, escalating tension & disturbing gore that usually comes associated with this subgenre of horror, World War Z inclines more towards the action genre than horror, packs in almost all the elements of a generic summer blockbuster, and as far as the subject of zombie apocalypse goes, this is one of the lamest movies out there.
Based on the novel of the same name, World War Z tells the story of retired UN investigator Gerry Lane who, along with his family, narrowly manages to escape the zombie outbreak in his city but soon finds himself on a new mission that requires him to travel around the globe in order to find a possible cure to the pandemic that is quickly annihilating the human race.
Directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland & Quantum of Solace), World War Z takes the living dead of 28 Days Later..., injects them with plenty of steroids, gives them the benefit of CGI and allows them to go completely lunatic on the screen which, instead of working as a chaotic nightmare, looks too artificial to have any effect and eliminates the seriousness the movie was aiming for.
The screenplay fails to provide any character depth, the ones that matter are carved out of cardboards, the story lacks any sense of direction, and the ending is pretty weak. Sure it's fast paced & action-packed but it's just empty visuals with nothing at stake. Performances are dull, Brad Pitt's star presence helps a bit but his input looks like he was asked to utter his lines without rehearsing any of his scenes.
On an overall scale, World War Z is a highly disjointed mess that keeps piling one segment over another without any idea of where it's headed, neither scares nor thrills, and is simply as forgettable as any typical summer blockbuster. The concept is promising on a certain level but the execution is so disappointing that the movie as a whole is a waste of time & money. Watch it only if you can't resist a Brad Pitt film. Highly mediocre!