Rotten
[A] lousy, ugly-looking, intensely illogical movie.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
World War Z
There will come a day when the world we know will end.
2013 · 1h 56m · PG-13
Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Marc Forster
Overview
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
Director and cast
- Marc Forster Director
- Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane
- Mireille Enos as Karen Lane
- Daniella Kertesz as Segen
- James Badge Dale as Captain Speke
- Ludi Boeken as Jurgen Warmbrunn
- Matthew Fox as Parajumper
- Fana Mokoena as Thierry Umutoni
- David Morse as Ex-CIA Agent
- Elyes Gabel as Andrew Fassbach
- Sterling Jerins as Constance Lane
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As both thrilling spectacle and escapist summer entertainment, World War Z is enormously effective, with Brad Pitt at the center hopscotching the globe in search of the origin of a zombie apocalypse.
Christy Lemire, ChristyLemire.com
Fresh
Pitt conducts himself manfully throughout the proceedings -- he is never less than believable while facing off against this pandemic -- but if I never see another zombie in the movies, I will not feel deprived.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
If you need proof that sometimes more can be less, here you go.
Matt Zoller Seitz, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
As compelling as Pitt is at reflecting the world's pain through Lane's eyes, the movie treats him too often as if he truly is the only one with loved ones to lose or a world to save.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
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