World War Z (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD)

Not reviewing the film. I liked it, saw it before I heard the audiobook. Then I heard the audiobook and loved it, it's superior to the film in every way except the zombies. Whatever.Previously Paramount released World War Z on blu ray with only the Extended cut on blu ray, and the theatrical on DVD. This release has the Theatrical Cut on blu ray and 4k. The Extended cut is only on blu ray. Not sure why but the differences are fairly minimal. It would still benefit from having the Extended Cut on 4k.All the special features from the original release are here, as well as some new ones that were inexplicably not included, like showing the physical training and rehearsals done by the zombie actors.Another new feature is a series of small featurettes where a bunch of paranoid survivalist type lunatics get to finally talk to willing people about how to survive a zombie apocalypse. The only one who is of any use is the guy talking about his big truck; it would be absolutely impossible for real life zombies to survive more than a few days before they've all been shot or run down because there's many places where there are literally more vehicles than people.There is also an hour long discussion from 2012 before the film came out featuring a bunch of zombie media people.

World War Z (I haven't read the book) is far more than a vehicle for superstar Brad Pitt. It's, instead, a notable entry in the horror genre that shatters the zombie subgenre's traditional conventions. A mysterious supernatural plague quickly arises and consumes millions of humans all over the earth within eleven days. Mankind doesn't have a chance as the "victims" of this unearthly virus return from death to feast on the living. Unlike most zombie films this one provides the most realistic portrait yet, complete with a global perspective, of mankind's swift descent into a doomsday scenario, including the inevitable slow but steady response to combatting the exponentially increasing numbers of more powerful (not to mention truly horrifying) "zekes," as they are called. We have a front row seat as we watch Pitt's character investigate the cause of the cannibalistic plague, traveling first to an army outpost in South Korea, from which eleven days prior, when millions of humans still lived, an email had been sent that mentioned "zombies." Next stop Israel, where our hero seeks out a Mossad chief who somehow knew enough to order the installation of massive walls to close off the small Middle Eastern country many days before the world at large, including its chief superpower, the US of A, could provide a first response. (Interestingly, because the outbreak spread faster than an email, growing to epic proportions seemingly in an instant, conventional action by the American government was impossible; the unnamed American President even dies and the vice president disappears amid the frenzy, as we learn. So it's the UN that's working this one, alongside the WHO.) The Israelis, we learn, safe inside the walls, are allowing the living inside.... as our Mossad general says, Each life saved is one less zombie to combat. But when a vast gathering of the saved commence an impromptu celebration of life, singing loudly, the living dead are attracted by the loud noise. The countless starving zekes outside the walls are yanked by their innate savage, useless hunger to leap at the wall quickly forming a massive tower of zombies climbing on top of each other to eventually spill over the huge wall, falling from such a dizzying height that most must've broken every bone in their dead rotting bodies. But the instinct still blazing within them forces them to crawl with unearthly speed toward the humans to gnash their teeth on warm, blood-filled flesh. The soldiers firing on the fallen still-biting zombies get too close and soon humans are themselves becoming zombies at lightning speed and are mindlessly hurtling their convulsing jaws into the closest mouthful of flesh. Even air support is not a viable defense. Pitt and a wounded female soldier manage to escape the doom on the last plane out, but one zombie also gained entry. Then the Pitt character is throwing a grenade inside the plane, blowing a hole in the rear that instantly sucks out the attacking legion of undead --and then anything else inside not bolted down. I don't want to spoil it for those WWZ virgins. I'll add that the film's imagery really grabbed me. You won't likely forget the scene in which the zombies "pour up" that Herculean wall around Israel (I also was intrigued by the "tenth man" revelation of that Mossad chief; there's some good writing). Also the glimpses of some mindless zekes are truly terrifying; these animated corpses operate purely on primal instinct. Flesh rotting, eyes revealing pure demonic intent, jaws snapping involuntarily, these beings from hell literally hurtle themselves at the closest target with an unearthly speed. The film's story is well thought through and deftly told. Some holes in the plot are easily overlooked as this zombie film is head and shoulders above the numerous Romero ripoffs. I enjoy the Walking Dead, but come on! The producers should be sending royalty payments to the fan vaunted and critically overlooked George Romero, who singlehandedly forged this genre in 1968's terrifying Night of the Living Dead, followed ten years later by Dawn, then Day, and more recently a Romero zombie film that used the found footage conceit to truly raise that often misunderstood subgenre. Lucio Fulci, the great Italian horror filmmaker hired specifically to create a ripoff Romero's film (it was even titled Zombie 2 in European theaters, though there was never a Zombie 1), also created an excellent rendition of the zombie film that literally scared me so much as a youngster I couldn't sleep the night I first watched it on VHS.. But I digress... if you love a good horror film or want to be entertained and also view some truly unforgettable imagery, see this imaginative film and pray that nothing like it ever actually happens. Because that's probably the most jarring impact of the film. Tapping into our innate dread of deadly diseases with acronyms for names, World War Z will leave you wondering if one day when you read a newspaper report that mentions the word "zombie" it actually means zombie. We will never believe in "zeke." But should he ever arise, "zeke" will certainly believe in us.

I never read the novel, World War Z, by Max Brooks. Brad Pitt, however, must be a zombie fan because he bought the movie rights in 2007, which was way before The Walking Dead appeared on AMC television. It took Pitt five years to make the film at a cost of $190 million dollars. The movie has internationally grossed over $540 million. It broke even. It didn’t make a profit. A film supposedly has to make three times its cost to break even, which is divided amongst the studios, the distributors and the theater chains.Now, because I was unable to see the Blu-Ray edition, which was the extended version of the film with a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff on it, I had to settle for the theatrical version on a regular DVD. Surprisingly, considering all the negative reviews, I actually found the movie to be understandable and very entertaining. In fact, I was glued to the television set for the entire length of the film. For me, Brad Pitt is now the king of zombie movies.The film pretty much starts right into the action with Pitt (an ex-United Nations investigator) and his family getting caught in a traffic jam in the city of Philadelphia. The zombie epidemic has already spread from Europe to the United States with blinding-like speed (in fact it only takes twelve seconds for a dead person to change into a killing zombie). Brad’s character, Gerry Lane, calls his friend at the United Nations so he and his family can be air-lifted out of the city. This does happen, but only after being chased by a horde of zombies to a roof top in downtown Philly. The catch, however, is that If Brad wants his family to be protected, he has to do what the military tells him, which is to fly into Russia and try to find a cure for the decease. This is the rest of the movie. Pitt flies to Soviet Union and then to Israel and then to an outpost where the most infamous deceases known to mankind are studied.Is a cure eventually found for the humans still alive? You have to see the movie, but a sequel is already in the works.Let me tell you that these zombies aren’t slow walkers. These handsome fellows can move fast and they take no prisoners. The special effects of the movie are awesome in my opinion as thousands of zombies pile on top of each other to climb over the wall surrounding Jerusalem. Remember, zombies can’t be killed, unless you shoot them in the head.I certainly enjoyed the pacing of the movie. It didn’t really give you time to think, but I liked what Brad Pitt’s character was able to discover and the shootouts with the zombies. A female Israeli commando is bitten in the arm, and Brad cuts the arm off without any hesitation, leaving her alive, but with a stub. Fortunately, this woman is one tough cookie and can shoot with accurately with just one arm.Being a big fan of the early George Romero zombie movies and The Walking Dead television series, I found myself impressed with this film and Brad Pitt’s acting. The whole movie more or less is on his shoulders, and he carries the weight without any problems, displaying his ultimate skills as a truly excellent actor. He makes this movie happen, and you believe in him and his love for his family. Mireille Enos (she stars in the TV series, The Killing) is the perfect actress for his wife in the movie. If Angelina Jolie had been in it, you would have expected her to go after the zombies and kick some real butt. Not so with Mireille. She’s the perfect mother hen who watches out for her children, praying her husband will return alive to protect them.I can’t comment on the extended version of the film on Blu-Ray, or the extras that are on the disc. I do want to see them, but I need to get a Blu-Ray television for that.All in all, I was surprised at how much I loved this movie. I want to watch it again and see if I feel the same way. Other people have told me that I’m crazy; but hey, the movie did make over 500 million at the Box Office, so somebody must have liked it besides me.

I bought this partially because I wanted a digital copy, but the digital code included expired 4 and half years ago. The DVDs and case are all nice, but I am disappointed about the digital copy.

Excellent movie, excellent delivery. Thank you, Amazon

Brad Pitt hat selbst viel von seinem eigenen Geld in den Film gesteckt und das Resultat ist einer der besten Zombie Filme der jüngeren Vergangenheit. Man sieht dem Film das große Budget an und es kommt zu keinem Zeitpunkt Langeweile auf. Super Action, starke Story und eine hervorragende Besetzung. Spannung bis zum Ende. Absolut zu empfehlen!

Can't wait till number two comes out on dvd

100 % OK Goede verzending en besteld item beantwoorde volledig aan de beschrijvingvan de verkoper ( uiterst tevreden ):-):-):-)

Reasonable pricing. Happy to buy it.