Surprisingly non gory yet exciting

Rating: 9/10 (1 September 2014)

While most movies having zombies as the primary antagonist are basically hack and slash flicks, with copious amounts of blood and gore, World War Z takes a different path. The director, Marc Forster, although known for directing mainly drama films, does a really good job. He gives us a very straight lined, fast paced and relentless film. It takes you around the world tracking the source of the pandemic, while zombie hordes bring chaos everywhere. That twinge we feel in our gut isn't nausea but tension, which is rare. The most expensive zombie flick ever made, it follows Brad Pitt as former UN investigator Gerry Lance who travels to North Korea, Israel , Newark and anywhere else where ever the source of this mysterious carnage seems to have its origin. Initially reluctant to leave his family and go on this mission, and having witness this outbreak first hand as the virus hit Philadelphia, he relents and accepts the proposal from the government for his family's safety. His travel to zombie hot-spots for the same gives us a vivid image of the undead, how they turn and mutate, and even co-operate in attacking humans. We have fast paced, thrilling chases from the hero's point of view and also broad glimpses of destruction from a security camera or a helicopter. Brad Pitt, as expected, delivers a superb performance, doing justice to the role of Gerry Lance. Overall, World War Z presents an abundance of relatively plausible action, smart solutions and useful lessons for the apocalypse.