![]() A boy left orphaned joins Gerry and Karen without a backward glance or visible sadness. Terror reigns, but as family members are violently killed, no one grieves. They brush themselves off and walk out of the fuselage and into a medical research facility.Ī crucial missing element is a sense of loss. There are also glaring implausibilities: Gerry and an Israeli soldier (Daniella Kertesz) are the sole human survivors of a midair explosion and a spectacular plane crash. ![]() investigator with vaguely defined past duties in global hot spots would be the obvious choice to single-handedly eradicate the zombie epidemic. (Fana Mokoena), Lane safely transports his family onto a massive ship in the Atlantic Ocean and then heads off to find Patient Zero.īut why Lane? It's never explained how a U.N. Pressed into service by his former boss at the U.N. Infected folks are relentlessly attacking the world's armies and legions of unlucky civilians. Mayhem reigns.Ī pandemic is spreading across the globe. Then, out of nowhere, the city seems to go mad. Police helicopters buzz overhead as motorcycle cops race by. ![]() In the car, they are suddenly mired in massive gridlock. Lane, his wife, Karen (Mireille Enos), and their two young daughters begin a seemingly ordinary day amid TV news talk of a worldwide rabies outbreak. These Everyman chinks in his even-keeled armor are when Pitt's performance is at its best. He nervously assumes a viral "camouflage" as a snarling zombie menaces him in the film's most suspenseful scene. But his best moments are his most human, when he gently teases his daughter or awkwardly apologizes when he hears about the tragedy a health official has faced. Lane keeps an admirably cool head amid catastrophe. Then, most of the film is focused on Pitt's Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator turned zombie hunter. World War Z begins as a tense thriller about an ordinary family seeking to survive a deadly viral outbreak. There are more than a few moments when he cheats death and destruction with the equanimity of Jason Bourne. Though, to Pitt's credit, he's playing a worried family man, not a dashing Hollywood icon. So World War Z (* * ½ out of four rated PG-13 opens Thursday night in select theaters and Friday nationwide) gets points for juxtaposing the beastly undead with the beauteous movie star. When - and if - one ponders the zombie apocalypse, it's not usually in the same thought bubble as Brad Pitt. Rated PG-13%3B Runtime%3A 1 hour%2C 56 minutes%3B Opens Thursday night in select theaters%2C Friday nationwide.Stars%3A Brad Pitt%2C Mireille Enos%2C Daniella Kertesz%2C James Badge Dale%2C Ludi Boeken%2C Matthew Fox.USA TODAY Review%3A * * 1/2 out of four.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |