Avoid if possible

Rating: 2/10 (20 June 2013)

If you already have a working understanding of zombies or virus zombies and how best to survive a zombie infestation after watching 28 Days Later and/or The Walking Dead and/or Zombieland - skip this movie.
The camera work is Parkinsonian at best; the lighting will strain your eyes 70% of the time because it gets hella murky; the family Brad Pitt is saddled with is so annoying you'll wish death upon them after 10 minutes. The supposed special forces are so incompetent they make Andrea from Walking Dead look like a hotshot A-list Zombie killer.
If you have never seen a zombie movie, ever, in your life, then maybe, possibly, you wouldn't mind this. Or if you hate gore, violence, suspense or general horror in your horror movies; if you've been on the hunt for a nice, family friendly zombie action flick; or if you want some 3D Brad Pitt and don't really need or want any plot or character development, then this is for you.
Otherwise, it's a boring waste of money. Wait for it to come out on TV next year. Don't even spend money on the DVD.
I don't understand how a movie can be this bad in 2013 when the "zombie infestation and how to survive it" genre has almost been perfected. This might have cut it if it had been released around 2000, 2003 for the latest. Even zombie movie parodies try harder than this movie did. It reeks of laziness, and I mean come on, the bar is set pretty low for zombie movies as it is.
1 star because it stars Brad Pitt and he has a cool, Nicholas Cagey hairstyle. 2nd star for the silent sidekick girl.