Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

World War Z
2013
**½
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox, Daniella Kertesz, Fana Mokoena, David Morse, Ludi Boeken

Gerry Lane is a retired UN investigator who is called back into action. One moment Gerry is making pancakes for his family, the next the planet is overrun by a zombie virus and he is travelling the world in search of the source of the infection. This family-friendly horror drama lands somewhere between 28 Day Later and Contagion, but never fully convinces at any point. Marc Forster's film seems more concerned whether Gerry's family is thrown out of their temporary accommodation than it is with the fate of humanity. Based on the novel by Max Brooks, at least nominally.