A Great Global Zombie Epidemic Movie

Rating: 9/10 (5 July 2013)

I was a bit cautious of seeing World War Z after reading and hearing some very mixed reviews of the movie, but thankfully I saw it nonetheless. Before I give you my review of the movie, first let me give you some insight on my zombie movie history.
I've always loved zombie movies. Whether it be Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Night of The Living Dead, Land of the Dead, 28 Days/Weeks Later, Zombieland, Resident Evil (all of them), Planet Terror, Dead Alive, Walking Dead (the series), etc., I've always just been fascinated with the genre. Unfortunately I've never been much of a reader, so Max Brook's novel of have eluded me. That's not to say that I wasn't extremely excited to hear that a movie adaptation of his book(s) was being prepared for the big screen. The movie of course had a rough start since it was hindered by production delays, a bloated budget, and other miscellaneous bad press prior to its release. All of this gave me some concerns, but it wasn't enough to dissuade me from wanting to see the movie. It wasn't until I read a plethora of negative reviews about the movie from this site that I became worried this movie was gonna be a dud. I had almost made up my mind to not go and see it in the theaters, when my girlfriend and I decided "screw it, lets go and see what all of the negative reviews are about". We are both extremely glad that we ignored the user reviews we read and went and saw this movie in the theaters. It was money well spent.
World War Z is a great global zombie epidemic movie. I have to say that this movie was so much bigger than any other zombie movie I have scene, and I've seen almost all of them. All of the other zombie movies out there are small scale. They are primarily focused on rural areas of a country, or a specific city or state. They would always explain that the zombie epidemic was a global issue, but aside from seeing quick news flashes or a radio announcement, we never got to see or experience the full "global zombie epidemic" first hand. World War Z gives us that. It's an edge of your seat movie that doesn't leave you with a dull moment and keeps you wanting more. I know that there are people that read the book and say that the movie strays too much from the source material, but you shouldn't care about that. If you like/love zombie movies like I do see this movie for what it is... A great zombie movie. If you've read the book, erase the memory of the book from your mind and just go see this movie fresh, without spending every second comparing it to it's source material. See this movie because it takes you someplace no other zombie movie has, "global". It has great special effects, great dialog, great actors/actresses, great action sequences, and it also seems to accurately portray the cause and effect that a zombie epidemic of such grandeur would have on our world. It's an impressive movie that is at the top of my list of all-time best zombie movies because it gives us the one thing no other zombie movie has. It gives us World War Z. See This Movie!