Movies and series with zombie themes have always attracted viewers. Among the most famous: 28 Days Later (2003), Shaun of the Dead (2004), I Am Legend (2007), Welcome to Zombieland (2009), The Walking Dead (2010), Labyrinth: Scorched Earth (2015), The Last Train in Busan (2016) etc.
Of course, let’s not forget that other apocalyptic success ($540 million worldwide) with Immortals as Far as the Eye Can See: director Marc Forster’s World War Z, adapted from the book of the same name by Max Brooks.
In this film, which was released in theaters in 2013, Brad Pitt plays Gerry Lane, a former UN investigator who is faced with a situation that is mildly anxiety-inducing: a city is contaminated by a deadly virus that transforms people (after being bitten) into bloodthirsty creatures.
In order to save his family, but above all the entire planet, Lane has no choice but to return to work: he then embarks on a frantic search around the world to determine the origin of this threat and find a way to stop this pandemic.
In this global chaos, Brad Pitt He wanted to perform his character’s stunts himself. This makes for impressive action scenes such as special effects.
There are some memorable sequences, including the invasion of Jerusalem, in which hordes of zombies cling to helicopters and scale a security wall to form a veritable human pyramid.
Brad Pitt vs Zombies: Who Comes Out on Top?
(spoiler alert) at the end World War ZGerry Lane goes to the WHO to try to find an antidote to end the pandemic. It is there, in this world center that has been deserted, that he realizes that the living dead do not attack the disabled and people at the end of their lives.
After discovering this flaw in the virus, Gerry Lane decides to give himself a fatal – but not incurable – disease that will allow him to protect himself from the zombies and possibly find a vaccine.
Brad Pitt’s first fight to win, but he doesn’t win because the virus is still active. To find out the outcome of this apocalyptic battle, David Fincher planned to create World War Z 2.
Unfortunately, this sequel envisioned by the master of thrillers fell through as Paramount Pictures canceled it due to budgetary reasons.
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