World War Z

I have listened to this movie dozens and dozens of times. I can quote it. When I need something playing in the background it is this movie. I freaking love it. I actually despise Brad Pitt - He is so mid on so many levels but the man can act. I am an ardent Zombie girl - in all medias. And this is a fantastic zombie movie. Even with its plot holes. I love it. It is the best and I will not hear any argument to the contrary!!

World War Z (I haven't read the book) is far more than a vehicle for superstar Brad Pitt. It's, instead, a notable entry in the horror genre that shatters the zombie subgenre's traditional conventions. A mysterious supernatural plague quickly arises and consumes millions of humans all over the earth within eleven days. Mankind doesn't have a chance as the "victims" of this unearthly virus return from death to feast on the living. Unlike most zombie films this one provides the most realistic portrait yet, complete with a global perspective, of mankind's swift descent into a doomsday scenario, including the inevitable slow but steady response to combatting the exponentially increasing numbers of more powerful (not to mention truly horrifying) "zekes," as they are called. We have a front row seat as we watch Pitt's character investigate the cause of the cannibalistic plague, traveling first to an army outpost in South Korea, from which eleven days prior, when millions of humans still lived, an email had been sent that mentioned "zombies." Next stop Israel, where our hero seeks out a Mossad chief who somehow knew enough to order the installation of massive walls to close off the small Middle Eastern country many days before the world at large, including its chief superpower, the US of A, could provide a first response. (Interestingly, because the outbreak spread faster than an email, growing to epic proportions seemingly in an instant, conventional action by the American government was impossible; the unnamed American President even dies and the vice president disappears amid the frenzy, as we learn. So it's the UN that's working this one, alongside the WHO.) The Israelis, we learn, safe inside the walls, are allowing the living inside.... as our Mossad general says, Each life saved is one less zombie to combat. But when a vast gathering of the saved commence an impromptu celebration of life, singing loudly, the living dead are attracted by the loud noise. The countless starving zekes outside the walls are yanked by their innate savage, useless hunger to leap at the wall quickly forming a massive tower of zombies climbing on top of each other to eventually spill over the huge wall, falling from such a dizzying height that most must've broken every bone in their dead rotting bodies. But the instinct still blazing within them forces them to crawl with unearthly speed toward the humans to gnash their teeth on warm, blood-filled flesh. The soldiers firing on the fallen still-biting zombies get too close and soon humans are themselves becoming zombies at lightning speed and are mindlessly hurtling their convulsing jaws into the closest mouthful of flesh. Even air support is not a viable defense. Pitt and a wounded female soldier manage to escape the doom on the last plane out, but one zombie also gained entry. Then the Pitt character is throwing a grenade inside the plane, blowing a hole in the rear that instantly sucks out the attacking legion of undead --and then anything else inside not bolted down. I don't want to spoil it for those WWZ virgins. I'll add that the film's imagery really grabbed me. You won't likely forget the scene in which the zombies "pour up" that Herculean wall around Israel (I also was intrigued by the "tenth man" revelation of that Mossad chief; there's some good writing). Also the glimpses of some mindless zekes are truly terrifying; these animated corpses operate purely on primal instinct. Flesh rotting, eyes revealing pure demonic intent, jaws snapping involuntarily, these beings from hell literally hurtle themselves at the closest target with an unearthly speed. The film's story is well thought through and deftly told. Some holes in the plot are easily overlooked as this zombie film is head and shoulders above the numerous Romero ripoffs. I enjoy the Walking Dead, but come on! The producers should be sending royalty payments to the fan vaunted and critically overlooked George Romero, who singlehandedly forged this genre in 1968's terrifying Night of the Living Dead, followed ten years later by Dawn, then Day, and more recently a Romero zombie film that used the found footage conceit to truly raise that often misunderstood subgenre. Lucio Fulci, the great Italian horror filmmaker hired specifically to create a ripoff Romero's film (it was even titled Zombie 2 in European theaters, though there was never a Zombie 1), also created an excellent rendition of the zombie film that literally scared me so much as a youngster I couldn't sleep the night I first watched it on VHS.. But I digress... if you love a good horror film or want to be entertained and also view some truly unforgettable imagery, see this imaginative film and pray that nothing like it ever actually happens. Because that's probably the most jarring impact of the film. Tapping into our innate dread of deadly diseases with acronyms for names, World War Z will leave you wondering if one day when you read a newspaper report that mentions the word "zombie" it actually means zombie. We will never believe in "zeke." But should he ever arise, "zeke" will certainly believe in us.

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All my many reviews focus solely upon the actual quality of the film from Standard Def DVD quality to the higher standard set for Blu Ray. Summaries of the plot and opinions of the story line and acting can be found in the majority of the other reviews so I do not want to be redundant. In this case, I did not see World War Z in the theaters nor did I have the Standard Def version prior to buying this film on Blu Ray so the review is just about the quality of the video and audio on BR.Keep in mind, however, that the quality of what you see and hear is also dependent upon the quality of the TV monitor you are watching on as well as the home theater set up you are using. The monitor I use is a fairly new Panasonic ZT 65" plasma and the amps, speakers, cables, BluRay player and Surround Processor I use are hi end esoteric gear to provide me with a more realistic and objective perspective.VIDEO.... The video quality of this film varies. All of the film is beautifully presented with deep blacks and excellent contrast. At no point did I see any artifacting, dropouts or haloing from the many CGI effects. I also saw no banding in the many sky shots which is where banding can often be seen. Color grading was fairly natural with excellent skin tones and slightly saturated colors. The color grading did vary from cool for the night shots to an overly warm grading during the scenes in Israel. For many films shot in the mid East, the editors produce an overly golden color correction. Not sure why this is as that is not the what you actually see when in the mid East. Maybe they think that the desert is always of a golden color. The mass rush of CGI zombies goes so quickly in its many scenes of this type that the zombies themselves are often a blur of movement rather than a detailed depiction of each zombie running by. This blur obviously causes a loss of detail. Details for the real actors and actresses however are sharp and defined even in the shadow areas. The average Mbps rate appeared to be in the mid 30's and, overall, the quality of the extended version on Blu Ray was really very good.AUDIO... I love that there is a 7.1 lossless DTS HD MA audio mix which the film defaults to. If your system is still a 5.1 system, not to fret, the additional 6th and 7th channels will be muxed to feed into your 4th and 5th rear channels without any issues. The lossless audio codec provides clear and transparent dialogue and the audio levels are set so that foley fx does not step on the dialogue. Once you set your volume control you will not need to go back to it to readjust for roller coasting audio. I did watch this film on a 7.1 system and there is excellent use of all channels for panning between the left and right and front and back audio stages. The 6th and 7th channels are not given specific foley sounds to reproduce but add a more expansive and immersive theater experience creating a wide field of ambient sound. Discreet directionality between the channels is more often than not used for larger audio occurrences rather than a cup falling to the floor on the right stage. In other words, not too much small foley fx but more for larger crowd and helicopter type foleys. There are a couple of scenes that produce some of the deepest bottom end for your LFE channel that I have ever heard and your sub will get plenty to do throughout the film. 5 stars for the audioEXTRAS.... The one clearly negative thing about this Blu Ray is that there are 3 previews of other films. You are paying for their advertising which takes up room on the Blu Ray calling for even more video compression in order to fit it all in. Who wants to pay for an advertisement ? Not me, I'd rather have an improved video transfer with less compression. Other than that, this Blu Ray has plenty of excellent extras. Often I find the 'Making of ' documentaries to be rather boring but this multi part documentary on the writing of the script, the creation of the CGI work, Stunts and more was really very interesting and included brief and on going narratives with the writers, actors and producers. Also included is a small section on the scientific basis for zombism and it symbolism in the real world. There is no on going commentary while the film is playing.The Digital copy offers 2 choices between downloading to iTunes which I am doing as I am writing this and Ultra Violet which I have never liked. First I went to the UV address and entered my code, email address and password..all properly...UV said my email address was not valid, weird since that is the only one I ever had. Just don't care for UV. I had no problems at all putting in my Digital copy of the film and redeeming it on iTunes.I do hope that this review, which focused solely upon the quality of the actual transfer to Blu Ray has been of some help to you in deciding your purchase. All of my reviews are of this nature and I hope they can be of HELP to you as well.Thanks for reading.

This is one of the first Zombie movies that is A rated. Great movie.

enjoyed

In our opinion, this is the best zombie movie. It brings a sense of survival skill thinking while witnessing chaos and suspense. We also like the constant movement from locations throughout the film.

Excellent movie, excellent delivery. Thank you, Amazon

Excellent transfer from Bluray to 4K Ultra.Picture Spot On.DTS Soundtrack Spot On.I replaced my standard Bluray as the Bluray forgot where I was up to in the film when stopping for a Break E.T.C.The 4K picks up right where you left off.I'm sure my Parents will be happy with their new World War Z Bluray.

Can't wait till number two comes out on dvd

100 % OK Goede verzending en besteld item beantwoorde volledig aan de beschrijvingvan de verkoper ( uiterst tevreden ):-):-):-)

Buenísima película, creo que hasta para las personas que no les gustan las películas de zombies. Buena versión, está doblada y subtitulada al español. Para los que pueden redimir las copias digitales, también aún está vigente.