8. World War Z (2013)
Marc Forster's very recent adaptation of Max Brooks' much better and far more intelligent novel
World War Z eschews the "oral history" format of the book and replaces it with a very linear and less interesting story about Brad Pitt racing around the world in search of a cure to zombieism, which is the story that takes up all of this movie's runtime. By the end of the flick, Pitt figures out a neat way to prevent further zombie infection, and so we get the impression that the tables have turned and the movie is going to fall into its inevitably exciting third act... You'd be wrong in thinking that, though, given that - once Pitt has tested his "cure" and discovers it works - the movie gets into ending mode, and lets you know using a generic voice-over and a lazy montage depicting the world fighting back. So the
World War Z of the movie's title - which implies a global battle of epic proportions - is condensed into a series of shots, played against another series of shots depicting Pitt's character reuniting with his family? Just when things were getting interesting, and
World War Z totally bails on us. Roll credits.