World War Z

Ratings: 8.8/10

Film Class: A

Genre: Action Horror

World War Z's fast-paced and cuts to the chase minutes into the movie, and the suspense kept running throughout. Possibly one of the best zombie apocalypse movies out there, where the focus was more on the plot, at the same time it didn't shortchange zombie movie fans with the lack of zombie action. The tension was breath-gasping and the scenes were mostly original, *major spoilers ahead* stacking of zombies up a Jerusalem wall, zombies being sucked out of a plane, and the classic video-game-styled melee-combat mission to get to a potential "antidote". 

Retired UN elite investigator Gerry is re-recruited to act as an escort for a leading Doctor who might be able to find a cure for a virus outbreak which turns humans into zombies in seconds. However, things doesn't go smoothly and he's forced to go on his own mission to find the antidote to save humanity. 

No time was wasted in introducing the characters, direct and straight to the point, the action comes in shortly after the first introductory scene. And from then on, it's intense action over and over again. This movie doesn't use gore or sudden soundblasts to scare the audience, instead, it fills your bottle of anticipation with suspense and breaks it with popping zombies. 

Though the story development was hastily done, with some parts being too ridiculously convenient (the finding of WHO HQ which is in the middle of nowhere), I'm more forgiving towards it compared to Man of Steel mainly because of the genre. I mean afterall, zombie movies are meant to be at least 50% brainless so that the audience can have a great time being scared-relaxed and the plots always tend to be very cliche. Not for this though. 

*major major spoilers ahead* It has an interesting twist to the antidote and whilst the ending was a little abrupt, this 116 mins film sure does know how to distinguish itself from other zombie movies. The close to ending scene was super cool when Brad Pitt walked his way out of a horde of flesh-eating zombies after drinking a can of pepsi from a deserted vending machine. 

One of my favourite zombie flicks which packs well-balanced suspense, a fresh plot, diverse cast and it's more of an action horror than a scary horror-type fiilm. Realistic scenarios if the world was to be infested with zombies and even the workings behind the antidote was scientifically/evolutionarily logical. Good stuffZ!