Fast Zombies

Rating: 8/10 (21 June 2013)

I saw "World War Z", starring Brad Pitt-Inglourious Basterds, Fight Club, Mireille Enos-The Killing-t.v., Gangster Squad, & FYI: She was also born in Houston, James Badge Dale-Iron Man 3, The Grey and David Morse-The Hurt Locker, The Green Mile.
This is a Zombie movie; that is what the 'Z' in the title of the film stands for. It is also one of the newer zombie films that uses a fast moving zombie instead of the usual slow-moving kind. The film is based on a series of books so if box office goes well, you can expect a sequel or two. Brad plays an investigator that works for the United Nations. Mireille plays his wife. They are together with their two little girls in the city when the zombie attack hits. They barely get out of the city alive, with the help of Brad's UN buddies, who then want Brad to do some of his investigating and find out how to stop the zombie plague. James plays a soldier and David is someone with C.I.A. connections that also might have some information about the source of the infection. In most monster movies, they have rules; some use the same rules as everyone else and some make up their own-like in some vampire movies that I know. Anyway, after being bitten by a zombie in this film, you have about ten seconds before you turn into one. As I mentioned before,the zombies here are very fast, with several scenes that reminded me of ants. If you are faint of heart about zombie eating habits, you don't have to worry. I do not remember seeing any mutilations. Most of the time, they would just bite and cover their victims-like ants- so you don't see body parts flying in different directions. The ending is definitely left open for a sequel-You even hear a character on screen say something like,'It ain't over. It's only begun.' It's rated "PG-13" for the violence and disturbing images and has a running time of 1 hour & 56 minutes. If you like zombie movies, then you should enjoy this one. I enjoyed it and I would buy it on Blu-Ray.