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Rating: 6/10 (28 June 2013)

I know. Clever title, right? But seriously, this film is thrill-deficient. Sure it's got a global scope, but it has a tiny scale. That may be par for the course in your typical zombie movie, but this one happens to have the word "War" in it. Yeah it has a few large-scale set pieces, but it really doesn't add up to anything more than hordes of computer generated zombies descending like locusts on groups of hapless victims.
Attempts to add character depth by saddling our hero (Brad Pitt, in a solid turn) with a family that we know is never in any real danger because Hollywood would never kill off kids in a PG-13 film, fall flat and only serves to slow down the film's already lethargic pace.
World War Z isn't a bad movie, but its attempt to blend popcorn movie aesthetics with zombie movie sensibilities doesn't quite succeed.