World War Z

Lets see, how do I feel about a zombie movie where there isn't really any gore? initially that sounds like the worst idea since the movie Cat in the Hat, so going to this movie made me skeptical, regardless of Brad Pitt blessing it with his presence or not.  it follows the story of a retired UN agent who decides that making pancakes for his family is a far better way to make money than earning the big bills at his old job, and one day while he was driving his family around the city taking in the sounds of car horns, sick pigeons, and Hobos arguing over cardboard boxes, an Outbreak occurs and everyone starts eating each other like High Schoolers at a Twilight Premiere.  Luckily he and his family gets away while the rest of the city went to the crapper, and he is hired back on to see if he can track down a cure.

The Good:
Zombies hold a dear place in my heart.  With Romero's Dead series, Rec 3: Genesis and Dead Alive, I've grown accustomed to seeing zombies rip the guts out of a human , and then feasting on it like it's a beef n' cheddar sandwich from Arbys (product placement, send a check).  Knowing that this Zombie flick was PG-13 it made me skeptical, because I knew I wasn't going to get the gore I wanted.  I quickly found out though, that what the movie lacks in awesome gore it makes up for in ENORMOUS HORDES of zombies mowing people down like an unstoppable rebel force!  Seriously, those moments in the movie where zombies are climbing up each other while trying to reach a helicopter or the top of the wall were so thrilling I thought I was going to have to get my extra pair of underpants I keep in the glove compartment of my car.  And we can make fun of Brad Pitt all we want, but a brother can't deny that that man can act, even if it's in a big-budget zombie movie like this one. 

The Bad: 
I've sort of already mentioned it, but the fact that I didn't see anyone get ripped to shreds sort of let me down, so i'm hoping that when the movie is released on DVD that it's going to have an UNRATED version of the movie that will satisfy all my sick desires that the PG-13 one couldn't. 

The Ugly:
This movie is far from being the next revolutionary zombie flick such as 28 Days Later or Night of the Living Dead, but I'm the kind of guy that goes to the theater to have fun, and this movie proved to me that there are still some fun summer movies out there, and it also proved that there are some new zombie ideas that can still be used.  So I'm warning y'all not to expect this to be a near perfect movie, because if you do then you'll be disappointed (like when you find out your bread is moldy), but instead try to enjoy it for what it is, a popcorn scarfing thrill-fest.

3 1/2 out of 5