World War Z

"There will come a day when the world we know will end."

2013 1h 56m EN

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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.

“There will come a day when the world we know will end.”

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Cast

Brad Pitt
Gerry Lane
Mireille Enos
Karen Lane
Daniella Kertesz
Segen
James Badge Dale
Captain Speke
Ludi Boeken
Jurgen Warmbrunn
Matthew Fox
Parajumper
Fana Mokoena
Thierry Umutoni
David Morse
Ex-CIA Agent

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "World War Z Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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211+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Marc Forster, shot by Ben Seresin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Marco Beltrami. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Roger Barton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos and Daniella Kertesz carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Marc Forster directs. Ben Seresin behind the camera. Marco Beltrami scores. Roger Barton cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Part of the "World War Z Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4211+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Marc Forster, shot by Ben Seresin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Marco Beltrami. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Roger Barton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos and Daniella Kertesz carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "There will come a day when the world we know will end.".
10IMDB entry: tt0816711 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1117,138 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
12Classified under 13 themes, including "philadelphia, pennsylvania", "new jersey", "based on novel or book", "dystopia".
13Released under 20 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ben Seresin
Original score: Marco Beltrami
Editing: Roger Barton
Production design: Nigel Phelps
Costume design: Mayes C. Rubeo
Makeup / hair: Tania Couper
VFX supervisor: Matt Johnson
Sound: Anna Behlmer
Stunt coordinator: Simon Crane
Runtime: 116 min · 1h 56m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $200,000,000
Box office: $531,865,000
Return: 266% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: World War Z (2013)

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Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator, travels the world seeking a solution for a sudden zombie apocalypse.

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Dan_Tebasco2017-03-14
★ 4/10
Put's the Zzz in Zombie First time I saw it 3 odd years ago I was not impressed. Decided to give it another go though today, which I wish I hadn't cause it was even worse and more dull than I remember. Now when I say dull I don't necessarily mean that it lacks action (it has a bunch of scenes with action, and being that these zombies run superfast unlike the typical zombies in film and series perhaps even a bit more than the average) but lack of interesting characters or good actors and any sort of originality in script makes it a tired ride. Brad Pitt is not necessarily a great actor but he seriously did his most barebones performance here, you were just on the run from zombies with cars flying over and all kinds of stuff but you barely show any sort of emotion? Borderline Steven Segal territory ocassionally, or at the very least Jean Claude Van Damme... But without the fighting skills. So yeah not an impressive film.
Dark Jedi2017-12-20
★ 7/10
As with most zombie movies the plot is rather contrived and unbelievable (even if you accept the existence of zombies) but if you want to watch zombie movies in the first place that is something that you are supposed to be immune to. This is another variant of zombies being created by some virus and rapidly taking over most of the planet. As I said, the entire story is somewhat unbelievable. When I first read about zombies as a kid there was always some supernatural/magic stuff involved. I think I liked that “explanation” much better than the virus nonsense which just have too many holes in it. For example there is no way a virus could make human bodies roam around aimlessly inside a sterile laboratory for days without nutrition. Well, as I said, it is a zombie movie so one just have to get over these little issues. As an action movie with zombies as the main adversary it is a fairly good movie. The action is solid, the special effects okay and the entire movie continues at a reasonably brisk pace. Pitt is also doing a decent job of his role. There are few of the other actors that are very memorable though. The scenes where the zombies pile onto each other to scale walls and even reach choppers are rather cool. The movie is not very gory for being a zombie movie. Whether that is a good thing or not depends on the viewer I guess. Personally I do not mind some gory stuff in zombie movies. There are a few annoying parts which Hollywood always seem to have to throw in. For example, the world is on the brink of the apocalypse and Lane and his wife just doesn’t want to get involved. What the f…? Also why do people always let their kids wander away in situations where they really should keep track of them? Not to mention how clumsy people always get when they have to sneak around and be silent. These things are just annoying. Anyway, this movie fulfils its purpose as two hours of action-filled but not too intelligent entertainment quite well.
The Movie Mob2022-08-25
★ 9/10
World War Z makes the zombie hordes even more terrifying in their relentless need to consume, coupled with their fury, speed, and inevitability. No zombie movie comes close to the horror and intensity of World War Z. World War Z finally presents zombies as an overwhelming wave of death and destruction, an actually foreboding menace. Other zombie films shuffle about with slow shamblers whose vast numbers make them dangerous, but not in World War Z. These zombies' are unstoppable in their lust for human flesh, desperately climbing over each other to attempt to satiate their endless hunger. World War Z makes the fall of the world to the zombie plague believable for the first time. The film's frenzied pace personifies the panic and hopelessness of survival. Brad Pitt frantically scours the globe for hope and a cure, and the breakneck speed of the plot comes screeching to a halt in the final act bringing the crazed terror up close and intimate with unending anxiety. World War Z gives us the most extraordinary and unparalleled zombie movie to date and a frightening and wild ride from start to finish.