Pitt wasted !

Rating: 4/10 (24 September 2013)

A zombie movie with Brad Pitt? Are you kidding me? Brad Pitt trying a Will Smith? World War Z is an attempt gone waste. The storyline is too weak to grip you till the end. In an attempt to make the movie fast paced, there is no detailing and the characters are too week. You never get to know who the characters are and what they do for a living until it gets very obvious. Marc Foster mastered the art in Stranger than fiction and Quantum of Solace, but over did it this time. The movie starts with Brad Pitt, a family guy, who has quit his old adventurous job and going somewhere with his family. Suddenly you see a clichéd Hollywood traffic jam alien movie scene and Gerry (Pitt) becomes an important man for the UN again with no logical reasoning. Inconsistent trips to Korea and Israel makes the movie incoherent and yet predictable. A "zombies on the plane" and zombies climbing the wall as shown in the trailer remains the best cinematographed segment of the movie and leaves you wanting for more. The movie constantly gives you a déjà vu feeling. "I am Legend" zombies and been there done that in a zombie movie over power the Pitt charisma this time. I go with 4 out of 10 for World War Z for cool but scattered cinematography and poor screenplay and editing.