Half-decent medical action thriller, mashing up the medical disaster genre (see Dustin Hoffman’s Outbreak (1995) or Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion (2011)) with the aggressive, fast zombies of I Am Legend (2007) plus some competently tense Brad Pitt horror action and grandiose CGI set pieces. Just don’t go in expecting Walking Dead-style depth of character study, or exploration of themes such as the depravity of humankind (the living being worse than the undead), the soullessness of materialistic society, American isolationism, or for that matter, any real fidelity to the critically acclaimed source material (Max Brooks’ novel). Director Marc Forster is clearly leaving all that on the table for a future visionary to craft the definitive next-gen apocalyptic zombie flick. Until then, World War Z is a fun, big budget diversion (sequel already on its way)
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