Movie Evaluation: World War Z

World War Z Evaluation World War Z was directed by Marc Forster, and made over five hundred million dollars globally. It was one of the many summer blockbuster hits released this year, and made $66,411,834 in its first weekend of being released. The movies lead actor (Brad Pitt) also plays the role of the producer. World War Z is a fantastic movie because of its special effects, cinematography, and score. World War Z, which was released on June 21, 2013, first premiered in London, England. It stars Brad Pitt as stay at home dad Gerry Lane and Mirielle Enos as his wife, Karen Lane. World War Z begins in the city of Philadelphia as the beginning of the “zombie apocalypse” is happening. Gerry Lane and his family flee the city and come in contact with his former employer, the United Nations. They go on a journey to discover what caused this so called “zombie apocalypse” and to try to find a cure. They travel from the middle of the ocean, to Korea, and to the “safe” area of Israel. The movie ends with all of the Lane family reunited together again and follows the current zombie theme. One thing that World War Z does that makes it such a great movie is its use of special effects. “It cannot be denied that some of the special effects are truly thrilling” (Seibold). One area of these thrilling special effects is the “zombies.” The special effects make them quite real when, obviously, they are not actually zombies. The actors still look human, but not quite human. With white eyes that seem empty and the slightly discolored skin, they look convincing. The special effects during the action scenes in the movie are also phenomenal. The explosions that surround the city and all of the fire look very real and add intensity. The city looks completely devastated as the large buildings collapse and the smoke rises high into the sky. The special effects really recreate true destruction and create the devastated wasteland look. All of these special effects truly add to

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