I liked it

Rating: 7/10 (25 July 2013)

I'm surprised by all of the ridiculously harsh reviews, so often paired with 1 star votes, which I view as absurd. I'm sorry, no matter how bad this film is, it's a far cry from Johnny Mnenomic (and that piece of refuse has an average score of 5.3). Equally amazing is the percentage of reviewers who have been compelled to opine that 28 Days Later is a better film. Personally, I wasn't especially impressed with 28 Days Later, which was full of scenes where I found it especially difficult to suspend my disbelief. For example, there was one ridiculous scene in 28 Days Later, I recall, in which the protagonist et al, while trying to escape a mob of angry zombies, manage to drive over a pile of vehicles in a VW Beetle or some other compact car. So I guess my question is, why are these 28 Days Later fans nitpicking World War Z? Perhaps the gore factor wasn't high enough. Perhaps expectations were too high. Personally, it was nice to see a zombie movie where the director decided not to titillate our morbid curiosity with scenes of gruesome cannibalism. I also thought the special effects were brilliantly done, especially the scenes that took place in Jerusalem. Overall, I felt World War Z was a satisfying, fairly epic, action movie. Perhaps the people who hated it were looking for more horror--another Dawn of the Dead (reboot). I really do think the film, when viewed on its merits, warrants the current 7.2 rating on IMDb. Just wanted to make the point that WWZ is hardly as bad as some people are saying it is. It's actually pretty solid and I doubt you'll be bored watching it.