World War Z was lightly based on the novel by Max Brooks. Well, at least I believe it's lightly based since it only seems to be based on the idea of the book based on what I've read so far.
At the beginning of the movie Gerry, a former government employee, is stuck in traffic with his family, made up of his wife and two young daughters. While there in traffic a police motorcycle drives past, taking out their side mirror while police helicopters fly above. Gerry, then gets out of the car to investigate when another police motorcycle drives by and the officer yells at him to get back into the car. However before the officer can say anything else a garbage truck barrels down the road killing the officers and creating a path through the traffic which Gerry uses to get out of the area. Before they can get too far they drive into the center of the chaos and wind up hit by a car.
The following scene is complete pandemonium. People running, people screaming, people being attacked by other people acting like rabid animals. During the chaos Gerry and his family manage to hijack an abandoned RV and escape the city. Soon after they stop at a grocery to get supplies before bunkering down at an apartment building where they are helped by a hispanic family with a young son. There Gerry gets in contact with a friend from his old job at the UN. His friend asks for his location so he can send a helicopter so that they can be taken to a US Navy Vessel for safety, but there's a catch.
When he arrive it is suggested that what has happened is a zombie outbreak caused by a virus. In order to stop it from spreading further his friend tells Gerry he was brought there was to help Dr Fassbach, who is a disease specialist, find the source of the outbreak so that they may create some sort of cure. Gerry reluctantly agrees to help when it is suggested that he and his family will be sent back into the chaos if he refused. From there with a group of military personnel and the doctor they set of to follow the various clues to find the cure.
Now for what I thought. I personally loved the movie. I kind of liked the chaos it showed with the start of a zombie apocalypse. It felt different from the sort of chaos in Resident Evil or The Walking Dead though you could probably guess that's what Raccoon City or Atlanta looked like when the zombie outbreak started. People on their phones, stuck in traffic, no clue of what's to come. Another thing I liked was the zombies themselves. They weren't shuffling idiots that only reacted to sound. They could see. They could run. They could basically climb onto each other and make a huge zombie ladder to get over the wall of Jerusalem. These zombies actually scared me and made me question how well I'd survive in a zombie apocalypse.
As for things I didn't like. There are none and even if there was it's nothing significant enough that I actually remember. So, long story short it is a must see along with some of my other favorite zombie shows and movies.
