World War z (2013)
World War Z feels less like a zombie horror film and more like Brad Pitt having the worst business trip in human history. He spends the entire movie sprinting through airports, planes, and random countries while CGI zombies pile on top of each other like angry ants at a picnic.
The action scenes are entertaining enough, and some of the giant zombie swarm moments look pretty cool at first, but the movie forgets one important thing: zombie films are supposed to be scary. Instead of tension or horror, everything feels weirdly clean and polished, like the apocalypse was directed by a corporate marketing team.
The plot moves so fast that there’s barely any time to care about the characters, and most of the solutions to problems feel ridiculously convenient. For a movie called World War Z, it never really captures the scale or chaos you’d expect—it just feels like a standard action movie with zombies awkwardly taped onto it.
Overall, it’s watchable, but also very forgettable: a zombie movie for people who don’t actually like zombie movies.