Tuesday, 10 June 2014

World War Z

World War Z

World War Z is a brilliant film, the effects were top quality also I thought the film had a good story line. I would say it has two different genres; horror and action. Horror because it just falls into the typical horror film, there are zombies, some jump scares, a lot of gore, the music starts or gets intense when something jumpy is about to happen. Action because there is a lot of violence, guns and war.
 
This film fits into the production context of hollywood, The Reason for this is because the budget for World War Z was $190,000,000 thats about average for a hollywood production, also there wasn't just one location, they travelled around the world from places like England, Scotland and Wales to Malta, Hungary and United States. The final reason is the actors, Marc Forster chose a wide range of big stars for this movie a lot of them American but also some from Italy, Scotland and Israel. 

When watching World War Z I listed 6 stars; Brad Pitt; award winning actor and producer, known world wide,  Peter Capaldi, a Scottish actor and film director. He has played numerous roles in film and television, but is best known for his role as Malcolm Tucker, a spin doctor in the BBC comedy series,  Pierfrancesco Favino, an Italian actor best know for Rush, Night At The Musium, Angles and Deamons and World War Z, David Morse, an American actor, singer, director, and writer. He first came to national attention as Dr. Jack Morrison in the medical drama series St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988, Fana Mokoena  is a South African actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Rwandan general Augustin Bizimungu in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda. I think that these stars was chosen because they are all quite well known around the globe so the film would get a lot of recognition everywhere its viewed.

The CGI effects were another big give away to show the production context, only a hollywood film could have top quality CGI like this film,one scene that stuck out to me is the scene when the Zombies take over Jerusalem, a lot of that scene is made from effect.