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World War Z

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Original title: World War Z
Year: 2013
Running time: 116 min.
Country: United States
Director: Marc Forster
Screenwriter: J. Michael Straczynski, Matthew Michael Carnahan (Novel: Max Brooks)
Music: Marco Beltrami
Cinematography: Ben Seresin, Robert Richardson
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, David Morse, Matthew Fox, Eric West, James Badge Dale, David Andrews, Peter Capaldi, Ludi Boeken, Fana Mokoena, Abigail Hargrove, Elyes Gabel, Pierfrancesco Favino, Moritz Bleibtreu, Ruth Negga, Michiel Huisman, Kingsley Ben-Adir
Producer: Paramount Pictures / Skydance Productions / GK Films / Plan B Entertainment / Apparatus Productions / Hemisphere Media Capital / Latina Pictures
Genre: Action. Sci-Fi. Thriller. Horror | Pandemic. Zombies. 3D
Synopsis / Plot: UN worker Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) tries to stop a worldwide zombie pandemic that is causing civilisation to collapse.

Awards: 2013: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Visual Effects

Critics' reviews

"Emerges as a surprisingly smart, gripping and imaginative addition to the zombie-movie canon"

Scott Foundas: Variety
"A bunch of impressive set-pieces stitched together rather than a good story convincingly told (...) There are a few narrative surprises along the way and an absence of dumb, clunking dialogue that often infects such fare"

Todd McCarthy: The Hollywood Reporter
"[It] does not try to extend the boundaries of commercial entertainment but does what it can to find interesting ways to pass the time within them"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"'World War Z' is still as smart, shifty and scary as a starving zombie ready to chow down on you, baby, you (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"Once you figure out the first rule of Zombie Fight Club — nothing too bad can happen to Brad Pitt — the movie is, despite intermittent thrills, rote (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Kyle Smith: New York Post
"A well-paced, entertaining, conventional action thriller where a reluctant hero saves the day (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"If you need proof that sometimes more can be less, here you go (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Matt Zoller Seitz: rogerebert.com
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