Movie review: World War Z

Directed by: Marc Foster

Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos

Rating: A-

This movie is worthy of being placed in the summer blockbuster category. It has everything one could want in an action film without sacrificing quality or subjecting the audience to gore. The move is incredibly suspenseful, smart, and mostly logical. There are clumsy characters that do the unthinkable, make a noise that attracts the zombies. As a viewer, you just want to slap your forehead, we can all relate. There is action, sentiment, and a call to duty. The main character manages to string together many ideas and facts to formulate a hypothesis on how to stop the zombies from attacking healthy humans. By the middle of the movie, we are not just rooting for him, but for his cause because he is the last hope. In the end, he is our humble hero, who just wants to make it back to his family and to make the world safe so no one else ever has to lose a loved one. In hindsight, there are some scenes that seem implausible. However, a willing suspension of disbelief during the film is stronger, as this is a highly entertaining movie.

I often wonder during movies like this how much I would be able to run, fight, and struggle during a zombie invasion. I am not necessarily equipped to be an action hero, although I do play one in my dreams. I may get tired out from the effort and just play opossum, hoping I am just passed over by the undead. Or even better, I may just stick around an area crowded with humans and act like a zombie. Being in close proximity with other breathing entities would lead the zombies to confuse my fresh blood smell with that of the others around me. Whatever the case, I think some trickery on my part is in order. I will continue to formulate a plan because as we all know, a zombie apocalypse is highly likely!