@@amandapanda6963 No, so that I can use my swords and blades to kill them instead of relying on guns and keeping my distance. I like to get up close and personal, being a martial artist and all that.
@@amandapanda6963 In the book the slow moving zombies work because there are MILLIONS just shoulder to shoulder...In the novel all the zombies from the east coast are slowly making their way was across the plains so the survivors are trying to prepare and stop them through the rocky mountain passes. It's like death personified, just slowly moving closer. You can run but you can't hide. There are so many, people run out of ammo and in some places they go back to ancient tactics. They scrap every car in the non effected areas and make "Lobo's" Lobotomizer's. Basically a spear with a shovel like blade that cuts through the bridge of the nose.
You guys are literally the first reactors I’ve seen who realized that zombie was the boy’s dad 😂 Everyone I’ve seen react to this movie are just like “did he leave his parents?” First time I saw this movie it was pretty obvious that was his dad
Brad Pitt actually started a swear jar on set for the kids. Anyone that cussed had put to money in the jar and after filming wrapped up the kids got the money. Pitt also helped the kids with their homework when they weren't filming
He's just such a DAD! lol Honestly, that's a good thing. Too many actors with good looks are basically rotten human beings with no social etiquette around normal people. But Pitt appears to be one of those special ones that just happens to be a decent human being, on top of being uncommonly good looking. Hollywood needs more people like him.
@@jacob4920 sure about that? He doesn't have a relationship with his oldest son apparently and there's been shady business between the first judge presiding in his custody lawsuit and his lawyer. Of course there's all the cheating. Bad enough when cheating on Jen with Angelina, but at least they didn't have kids.
got nothing on Keanu Reeves though.... When I was younger, maybe junior high, I got roped into watching my 3 month old niece while my sister got her hair done. So when there i am, sitting in the waiting area of a hair salon with my niece and who walks in but Keanu Reeves. I was nervous as fuck, and just kept looking at him, as he read a magazine and waited, but didn't know what to say. Pretty soon though my niece started crying, and I'm trying to quiet her down because I didn't want her to bother Keanu, but she wouldn't stop. Pretty soon he gets up and walks over. He started running his hands through her hair and asking what was wrong. I replied that she was probably hungry or something. So, Keanu put down his magazine, picked up my niece and lifted his shirt. He breast fed her right there in the middle of a hair salon. Chill guy, really nice about it.
The zombies in this movie made the walking dead zombies only make it to season 1 episode 1. 😂 I love Nikki's reaction when she gets stressed out. Love this movie by the way.
I recommend the book if you’re into that..They are normal slow zombies in the book, but the book takes place I think 13 years after the fact and it’s an interview with survivors telling their individual stories…The “Battle of Yonkers” is one of the best parts. It’s super detailed and goes into everything it took to turn the tide.
@@twohorsesinamancostume7606 He narrated his sections so well, along with all the other star's that performed narration. I've listened to it at least a dozen times through.
I still wish they had made a World War Z 2 where we could have seen Brad Pitt fighting an army of Zombies storming downtown Moscow. That said, it isn't a perfect adaptation from the book, but it is still a decent stand alone zombie movie. Also, as a huge 12th Doctor fan, I still find it funny that Peter Capaldi portrayed 1 of the W.H.O. Doctors then later became the next Doctor Who.
The book is incredible. It’s a collection of about 50 short stories which make up a patchwork of how the war started, proceeded and ended. The film is based on about 3 stories.
I still don't understand why even now, years down the road, they don't do a follow up movie. This has garnered classic status for sure! These zombies are so much more threatening than most any other zombie movie, except for the OG 28 Days Later.
This move was nerve wracking from beginning to end, and I think it's one of the top Zombie movies out there. It got a bad rap b/c it was a complete departure from the book it was based on, but on it's own, it's an amazing movie! Brad Pitt is top notch!
Book fans tore this movie down, like a pack of... well, zombies, really. They never gave it a chance, and the movie never got a sequel because of that haterade. I tend to side with "book fans" on a lot of movies, but this is one of those rare instances where I actually thought the film was superior to the source material, and just wanted the complainers to stop whining about the departure from the original version.
I didn't go into the movie trying to compare that book series to the movie through a mirror, so I ended up loving WWZ. The haters are all just dumb book snowflakes that must have source material be exactly like the original and nothing different.
@@alkavonstra5479 I'm guessing you've never read the book (it's not a series) It's just one book, and it's fairly short. It's essentially interviews of survivors before, during and after WWZ. There's no one main character like Pitt and nothing in the movie has anything to do with the book. Period. They should have made it episodic Amazon or Netflix series that covers each chapter in the book.
u are just underlining his point lmao. u quite literally described that u only want source material and nothing new and thats why u hate it. u are just ranting and hating the movie cause its not the original. how to dig ur own grave for ur argument i guess@@russpike9099
what they did in north korea was insane... pulled the whole country's teeth out and went into giant underground bunkers. I remember reading in the books that the characters went there to see what happened, but they don't open the bunker doors. I think it was implied that the bunkers failed and there are millions of zombies stuck inside, waiting to be let out.
Imagine if these were the type of zombies we got in TWD. The show would've been over in the first episode because Rick would've never had a chance to wake up from his coma! Lol.
I still love the Train to Busan reaction. Nikki had me crying and laughing so hard at the same time. Her emotions are all out there. So adorable and priceless.
So nice to see others on here that liked this movie. I love it! I just don’t understand the mediocre reviews it receives. The intensity never stops from beginning to end, and you feel traumatized even without any main character dying. Brad Pitt was, of course, fantastic. Does he just get BETTER looking with age?!
The mediocre reviews are simply comparing it to its source material. The book was really good but I have no idea how they'd make it a movie. I liked this movie for what it was though. It just shouldn't have been an adaptation of that book.
@@Lightningrod75 I understand that. And I think that’s a correct observation. But it didn’t get good critical reviews when it was released, and didn’t do that well at the box office. That’s what I was referring to. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that was my understanding.
i love the amount of foreshadowing in the movie even little things like the family getting kicked off the boat is foreshadowed by the guy on the food line saying they cant filter the water properly because there r too many ppl on the boat and i just love that so on rewatches i catch new things
The biggest life lesson this movie taught me, which I still believe in today, is that “movement is life.” For example, if you’re out in the wilderness & thirsty, you don’t drink from a still pond. You drink from a running river.
First spanish phrase I ever learned, outside of the translations for "hello" and "how are you." "Movemiento es vida" (spelling might be off a tad, but that's basically how it's said out loud)
If your feet start to freeze solid, you can still walk on them. If you were to start a fire and thaw your feet you're not going anywhere. Recovery from frostbite is pure agony. Keep walking on them and you just might make back, you will of course probably get them amputated but that's after your home and safe.
love this movie also that one scene in the apartments when he looks to see if its clear and then he looks back to a zombie scared the shit out of me when i was younger when it first came out i moved so fast from the floor to the couch sending the food i was eating onto the floor and i wedged myself into the space in between my parents but i still love it
I was such a hard core 28 Days/Weeks Later fan that I didn't give this movie a chance 😂😂 I didnt know it was an adaption of a book neither but its a pretty decent film rewatching it almost a decade later lol.
problem is this movie has nothing to do with the book story wise its in the same boat as I am legend great books with subpar adaptation that miss the point of the books
@@Ugnutz THATS why people trashed it! Alright, it all makes sense now. Thank you for illuminating the fact that Hollyweird did it yet again by assuming they could improve upon the source material which if I check the scoreboard has worked, ZERO times.
I loved the scientist at the beginning. He planted the seed and Jerry's combination of observation and critical thinking led to the solution. Which is my favorite aspect of the movie.
and to be honest im happy he accidentally blew his brains out. that's what happens when you hand a moron a gun and not teach him how to use it. keep your little fingers off the trigger unless you intend to kill something lol
I love this movie. I read the book and I don't care that it's different. Quite the opposite! I love that it's different. It's so epic and high octane. I watched it many times and it never bored me.
@@lilianapego Yeah, it was written by Max Brooks and is a collection of short stories with different characters from all over the world. It's cool but very different from the movie. There also is a companion piece called "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" which is also a fun read and puts many real world survival strategies into the context of, well, the Zombie Apocalypse.
So many book readers HATED this film with a passion, when it first came out. They hated that the zombies were different, and the plot didn't proceed EXACTLY like the book did. After a while, I just got sick of listening to them b*tch about it, and tuned them out.
@@jacob4920 That's why it's said to be based on the book and not the full transposition to a movie. I don't get the hate. 🤷🏻♀️ If it's a good book and a good movie, we just have to enjoy even if it's not totally the same.
You just watched this now? This is one of the best movies out there -it broke all Zombie tropes! This was even before Train to Busan came out -I bet this is where they got their concept of running zombies! Love your reaction!
One of the best movies out there?? Idk bro. Objectively it’s like a 6/10 at best when compared to literal top rated legendary movies of all time. But nothing wrong w enjoying it and ranking it high by your own criteria 👍🏼
this is one of my favorite Zombie flicks. surrounded by 28 Days/Weeks Later, Train To Busan, I Am Legend, and Dawn of The Dead, any order doesn't matter. I love this movie, I wish they'd make a sequel showing us the aftermath and the reconstructing of a society, like 28 weeks but instead of the virus reinfecting its really over. that'd be cool.
Great reaction! It's really remarkable, almost a miracle that World War Z, just like Jaws, Apocalypse Now, Waterworld, Groundhog Day, and Toy Story 2, turned out to be a good movie in spite of the making of it being a very troubled production. This is the main reason why the sequel hasn't happened yet. If I was Brad Pitt, I'd hesitate to make the sequel as well. But, hopefully it still happens.
World War Z was a fun zombie flikc, but Nikki and Steven should definitely listen to the full audiobook oh the original novel or, better yet, read the book itself.
Omg it's amazing seeing my city Glasgow in this movie so much. I remember them filming this here it was a HUGE deal when Brad and Ang came with the kids, it was the first time we had big A List Hollywood stars in our city for a while. When they arrived at Glasgow Central Station, they had hired out the FULL train just for them for security reasons and our city was gagging lol 😆 Ever since then we have loads of big stars filming movies here, the recent one was the new Batman 😀
Yes you are right! If you ever get impaled by an object NEVER pull it out on your own. It might be putting pressure and actually preventing you from bleeding out.
I love this movie defo one of my occasional rewatches it had a crazy 200 million budget but it fell short at the box office and the planned sequel was dropping. Brad pitt spoke about the plans for the sequel a few time's but no one wanted to fund it because how much the movie's cost to make with that many CGI zombies.
If you like the movie I highly recommend the unabridged audiobook read by a full cast, it is epic. They have a lotta big-name actors that do the reading like Alen Alda, Mark Hamill, Rob Reiner, Martin Scorsese, Simon Pegg...... It is an all-star cast that do an amazing job and makes it feel more like a real-life documentary than a work of fiction.
The movie is an ok movie. Listen to the audio book though. Theres a few variations but they cover numerous survivours ranging from civilians to politicians and pre to post WWZ. Best part is the Battle of Yonkers. The voice actor version has Mark Hamill, Alan Alda and numerous others.
The Battle of Yonkers was WILD. They were so ready for a modern war, and so unprepared for Zombies. The lost so badly, but the lessons learned saved humanity.
@@arjacfellhand838 its my fave part. Just how the artillery, the linked combat cam system and how people just being lax in searching the homes worked against the soldiers and made the segment work so damn well. Every segment of the book would work as a seperate but linked movie as well. I mean, you would have horror, political, survival and drama.
@@immortaljanus its kind of hit or miss. Youll find some parts and others will be missing. Ive saved the entire audio book as a playlist 6 or 7 times and either all or some parts get removed. 😭😢😭
The "i hate stealth" line from Steven cracked me up! I'm the complete opposite. When I played through The Last of Us games the first time, I made it though almost entirely on stealth. Mainly because I was so scared and panicked when they detected me. 😅 Stealth, molotovs and bombs are my thing. 🙈
I’m so glad y’all liked it! It’s one of my favorite zombie flicks too! I would love to see a World War Z tv series. I know we have the Walking Dead but walkers aren’t anywhere near scary as these zombies!
I watched Z Nation where they had several different types of zombies. It was dramatic, thrilling and a little campy. I liked the main characters and the different storylines with each episode, even though they stuck to the main theme. The first three seasons were so good. For me, it started getting a little too "over the top" in Season 4 so I stopped watching. That, of course, is my opinion because the show lasted another 2 or 3 more seasons so it must have been enjoyed by others.
The opening of this zombie movie is absolutely one of the best filmed versions of how it would probably go down. It's tense, horrifying and still keeps the family dynamic that is essential to the rest of the movie - which is great stuff. As others have said, I just don't understand why this movie got mixed reviews when it came out. Sure, it's not a line-by-line version of the book and the movie does drag a bit here and there but it's just a well-made zombie movie.
I remember watching this movie and being terrified!! Seeing this in 2022, during pandemic... Yikes! Also, with Nikkie on this one, sorry Steve. Period pains can feel like a heart attack.. Women go through that EVERY MONTH!! Guys could never :D
I love haunted houses and try to visit as many as possible during Halloween season. I remember after this movie came out every haunted house zombie made that screeching/clicking noise.
You guys should react to the movie “Greenland” Takes place in Florida, and it’s about a huge meteor shower that’s expected to hit earth, and a family that tries to make it to a bunker in Greenland before the meteors hit. It is soooooooo intense and beautiful and such a good watch and I would love to see y’all react to it.
Love this movie! It also reminds me of 28 days later. Fast paced zombies are terrifying! I also must say that the music score for this movie just makes the movie!!
Saw this at the cinema back then and it's one of my favorite zombie movies ever. My favorite part is where the zombies gathered together to climb that wall, that was insane!!! Also there's a video game with the same name with huge waves of zombies :D
I've watched everything you guys released. It is a great dynamic of a gentle giant, and the protective Mother. There have been times and crazy stuff in movies, but seeing how Nikki reacts to children, animals, and innocent things, and clutches to Steve(n)'s for that strength and support, even through just scenes of films and reactions, I love, and am always enamored, by the genuine. and amazing couple you are, you sharing your real selves, and reactions, for the rest of us on our couches, or chairs, and feel we are there with you, and thank you for the experience of sharing that with us.
Great book. Come to think of it, reaction of many countries in the book closely mimics the initial reaction of those very countries when covid came in 2020. It's uncanny.
the stairways scene in the building at the beginning and the entire Jerusalem part actually traumatized me when I first watched it. The visual horror was so palpable
I've watched this so many times, it's one of my favorite films along with I am Legend, so glad you're reacting to it 🥰 Omg, Nikki is so cute especially the way she grabs and holds Stevens arm 😭 Hope both of you are well, love from England ❤️
Fun Fact #1: I was so shocked and wondering how do you know Brad Pitt and how did you get him to sit beside you for this reaction vid, then I readjusted the resolution and realized it was Steven the whole time. You must get that a lot ;) Fun Fact #2: I loved watching this 'live' when you first did this, lovin it now just as much. Fun Fact #3: During test screenings, most of the feedback was concerning 'what happened to Brad's family(?)'. And so they went back and filmed more scenes with the family. It's easy to see 'clean' scenes where he just goes off into a quiet hallway to talk to his wife as easy to splice back into the film, and I love that ending on the riverbank meeting up with them finally. I like to make up that smile on the wife's face as saying 'see Brad, the only reason we're here today, months after the movie wrapped, the people have spoken, you need us' ;)
This is my favorite zombie movie, I have lost count of how many times I've watched it. But it's been awhile so I guess I'm due. Now that you guys talked so much about Train to Busan; I guess I will take a chance on it. As usual your reactions are insanely good!!
@@mattb7479 Campy to you but me, it speaks volumes. Each character was well-rounded, including the COO guy despite the hate you want him dead, if you have seen it? It is about humanity and how all the main protagonists are there to help each other through thick and thin, including the homeless guy. The child actress killed it in her performance at the end. I don’t have any kids, and yet, I am empathetic towards her. You won’t understand until you lose a loved one or have a beating heart.
@@Mangolite I've lost my share of loved ones, what an absurd statement to make. But Train to Busan isn't a serious movie and doesn't take itself seriously either (as seen by the Don Lee fight scene). So I'm surprised by the "bring a box of tissues" comment since there wasn't anything in there inherently sad for a zombie flick.
I remember first time I watched it, just so much tension all the time, I felt so stressed. And you are super correct Steven, you really don't want to pull out an impaled object like that, gotta bandage it up on both sides to try and stop it moving and doing more damage but you only want to pull it out later with medical supervision and stuff to stop the bleeding.
Your channel just popped up as a recommendation for me today & I have to say I fucking love it, this movie is one of the best horror movies & your all's reactions were absolutely priceless!!! 😜💯👏🏼👏🏼
theres a scubdiving part the take place at a dam in the book and its pure nightmare fuel. also he goes to a shanty town in africa which is also so intence. the movie would have been 4 hours long. max brooks is an amazing writer.
yeah if they just titled it something else it would be a really solid zombie flick. HBO should pick up the book for a mini-series or something, would be a good format
Fun fact ,the initial scenes in the street was filmed in Glasgow (zombies run over George Square) , know it got fair bit of criticism, but I personally enjoyed it . Great reaction as always guys 👌
Steven talks big survival game for a zombie apocalypse but Nikki gives me strong ‘Carol’ vibes (a.k.a. badass mama that get sh%t done) so I think she’ll be just fine in the zombie apocalypse. 😜🤣
You're right Steven it was pedal to the metal from the start, I found it so tense because those zombies were super fast and determined and yes like "Train to Busan", in fact when I was watching "Train to Busan", when the zombies all piled on top of each other moving forward on the train I remember thinking WOW, that part reminds me of "World War Z" when in Jerusalem and they were climbing up the wall like ants on top of one another until they eventually got over. Was so random the Doctor slipping up the plane ramp and accidentally shoots himself in the head, we were thinking "NOOOOO", did that just really happen, this guy lasted about 5 mins. I really enjoyed re-watching this with you both again, very entertaining and I loved the fact that you were as tense as I was and I laughed at your jump scares. I saw this film when it first came out just over 8 years ago, I cannot believe it was that long ago now, how time flies, but definitely a GREAT movie. I felt so sad for the little boy losing his parents, but they wouldn't leave their apartment and obviously came out too late, maybe looking for him or changed their mind and were bitten, but thought Gerry and his wife Karin have a new adopted son now who they'll love and the sisters a brother who they'll adore and he'll look after them. Nikki made me laugh when the automatic sensor lights went on in the labs hallway and she does her usual "bleep", "bleep", "bleep" "bleep" "bleep this", "I'm out", "duces", "the light came on", "I'm out",🤣 "duce", "peace", "thank you aaaand goodnight",. P.S. Can I just say, Nikki you always look lovely, but you looked extra pretty at the beginning with the red lipstick, white top with pretty lace type sleeves and your hair looked really nice and the extra dark eyebrows were so on point and sharp too!🥰
When I watch scary movies with my dad he always scares me, but when we saw this I was the one that got him because I could do the teeth zombie noise perfectly. Really freaked him out at 3am when he went to take a pee.
Usually zombie movies freak me out, but this one I really liked. I don’t know what my deal is. Lol The last couple of zombies are the scariest, aside from the first person you see change at the beginning. Nikki, I totally teared up at the end, especially when they pulled their new son into their hug.
New sub here. Just wanted to let you guys know you both are super awesome with your reactions. I found you reacting to ST. Gotta say some stellar stuff. Love you guys.
I mean imagine being that one person to finally put two and two together to realize that those things are bypassing people and for why? What’s the reason? Those people must be sick and the zombie still has some kind of primal instinct to infect a healthy host. As that doctor said. That’s the kink in the armor.
this has one of my favourite openings for a zombie movie, the intensity of it gets me every time. this is one of the movies i always rewatch over and over just bc its so fun and action filled.
Nikki you are me and I am you haha!!!! i feel like we are twins haha this is exactly how i watch and react to movies (even F1) and my husband can not stand the running commentary, the constant grabs and hitting him on the arm haha!!!!! I. LOVE. THIS
Missed you guys. I rarely catch all your uploads, but when I do, it feels like watching it with the fam. Your reactions are very good. I enjoyed the movie and I play the WWZ game a lot because of the film. Keep up the good work!
For me, this movie is a "zombie frenchise" love poem. City chaos - check. Close, dark spaces of an apartment building - check. Rainy, dark airport - check. Sunny, secure and walled envirmnet - check. Tight, silent corridors - check :D
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I got that same wrestlemania t shirt lol
Target lol
You need to react Attack on titan, this is awesome and genius show
Please React to The Adam Project…….
My favorite movie
Can you guys watch “ John Carter” it’s a very good movie that not many people know
IF the zombie apocalypse ever comes, I want traditional SLOW moving zombies. Not. . .THIS.
The TWD zombies. Or the Shaun Of The Dead zombies.
The zombies in the actual book World War Z were traditional zombies, slow moving. The fast pace zombies were something new they added to this movie.
Why? So you won't be scared at all? Cause if I can outwalk it, it's not scary.
@@amandapanda6963 No, so that I can use my swords and blades to kill them instead of relying on guns and keeping my distance. I like to get up close and personal, being a martial artist and all that.
@@amandapanda6963 In the book the slow moving zombies work because there are MILLIONS just shoulder to shoulder...In the novel all the zombies from the east coast are slowly making their way was across the plains so the survivors are trying to prepare and stop them through the rocky mountain passes. It's like death personified, just slowly moving closer. You can run but you can't hide. There are so many, people run out of ammo and in some places they go back to ancient tactics. They scrap every car in the non effected areas and make "Lobo's" Lobotomizer's. Basically a spear with a shovel like blade that cuts through the bridge of the nose.
You guys are literally the first reactors I’ve seen who realized that zombie was the boy’s dad 😂 Everyone I’ve seen react to this movie are just like “did he leave his parents?” First time I saw this movie it was pretty obvious that was his dad
Brad Pitt actually started a swear jar on set for the kids. Anyone that cussed had put to money in the jar and after filming wrapped up the kids got the money. Pitt also helped the kids with their homework when they weren't filming
Love hearing behind the scenes stuff like this. 😊
Those kids probably took home thousands of dollars. 😂🤣
He's just such a DAD! lol
Honestly, that's a good thing. Too many actors with good looks are basically rotten human beings with no social etiquette around normal people. But Pitt appears to be one of those special ones that just happens to be a decent human being, on top of being uncommonly good looking. Hollywood needs more people like him.
@@jacob4920 sure about that? He doesn't have a relationship with his oldest son apparently and there's been shady business between the first judge presiding in his custody lawsuit and his lawyer.
Of course there's all the cheating. Bad enough when cheating on Jen with Angelina, but at least they didn't have kids.
got nothing on Keanu Reeves though.... When I was younger, maybe junior high, I got roped into watching my 3 month old niece while my sister got her hair done. So when there i am, sitting in the waiting area of a hair salon with my niece and who walks in but Keanu Reeves.
I was nervous as fuck, and just kept looking at him, as he read a magazine and waited, but didn't know what to say. Pretty soon though my niece started crying, and I'm trying to quiet her down because I didn't want her to bother Keanu, but she wouldn't stop. Pretty soon he gets up and walks over. He started running his hands through her hair and asking what was wrong. I replied that she was probably hungry or something. So, Keanu put down his magazine, picked up my niece and lifted his shirt. He breast fed her right there in the middle of a hair salon. Chill guy, really nice about it.
So they just got their money back? Lol
Love how whenever kids are involved Nikki immediately adopts them😂 "my babies!"
I love how crazy and suicidal the zombies are in this movie. Definitely my favorite for being so unique.
next chomp > zombie HP
Actually one of the best kind of zombies for me. Their pace is what made this film so stressful to watch. One of my top 5 zombie movies.
@@matchababy8485 tell me 5
@@rajveersingh2k04 probally the 28 days/weeks later or dawn of the dead
That "lemming" quality can be really terrifying when they're also like heat-seeking missiles lol
Steven: “They must watch ‘The Walking Dead’”.
Nikki: *Still trying to process what just happened* “… word”. 😂😂😂😂
The zombies in this movie made the walking dead zombies only make it to season 1 episode 1. 😂
I love Nikki's reaction when she gets stressed out. Love this movie by the way.
Some men are wine 🍷
I think this movie is pretty underrated. Really enjoyed it. Also, the MUSE score is amazing.
Just noticed Matt's name in this vidro I had no clue.
Loveed this during covvid 2020 make shure all my knives and swords are sharp
one of my favorite zombie movies EVER!
it is the best one
VERY AMAZING!!!!
Same, even though a lot of people hate it
I recommend the book if you’re into that..They are normal slow zombies in the book, but the book takes place I think 13 years after the fact and it’s an interview with survivors telling their individual stories…The “Battle of Yonkers” is one of the best parts. It’s super detailed and goes into everything it took to turn the tide.
In the audiobook the soldier is voiced by Mark Hammil and he's as fantasic as you'd expect.
I didn't even know it was a book
@@marykay8587 It's an AWESOME book!
I was soooooo disappointed we didn't get to see the Battle of Yonkers on screen when this movie came out :(
@@twohorsesinamancostume7606 He narrated his sections so well, along with all the other star's that performed narration. I've listened to it at least a dozen times through.
I still wish they had made a World War Z 2 where we could have seen Brad Pitt fighting an army of Zombies storming downtown Moscow. That said, it isn't a perfect adaptation from the book, but it is still a decent stand alone zombie movie. Also, as a huge 12th Doctor fan, I still find it funny that Peter Capaldi portrayed 1 of the W.H.O. Doctors then later became the next Doctor Who.
World War Z 2? That's title is horrendous
The book is incredible. It’s a collection of about 50 short stories which make up a patchwork of how the war started, proceeded and ended. The film is based on about 3 stories.
Instead we're stuck with this real time horror show of Zombies storming out of moscow and into Ukraine.
Would’ve loved to have seen the Battle of Yonkers on the big screen.
@@justinatest9456 what a loss that would be lol
Always gotta love how Nikki's so protective over kids when they react to movies.
mother instinct is a powerful one
As someone from Wales.. when they said they were going to Cardiff everyone in the cinema laughed and one shouted "you dont wanna come here mate"
I spent a year in Bristol and they have those same bloody squeaky doors with round windows!
Loooooooooooool
I still don't understand why even now, years down the road, they don't do a follow up movie. This has garnered classic status for sure! These zombies are so much more threatening than most any other zombie movie, except for the OG 28 Days Later.
I think it didn't make it money back
This move was nerve wracking from beginning to end, and I think it's one of the top Zombie movies out there. It got a bad rap b/c it was a complete departure from the book it was based on, but on it's own, it's an amazing movie! Brad Pitt is top notch!
Book fans tore this movie down, like a pack of... well, zombies, really. They never gave it a chance, and the movie never got a sequel because of that haterade. I tend to side with "book fans" on a lot of movies, but this is one of those rare instances where I actually thought the film was superior to the source material, and just wanted the complainers to stop whining about the departure from the original version.
I didn't go into the movie trying to compare that book series to the movie through a mirror, so I ended up loving WWZ. The haters are all just dumb book snowflakes that must have source material be exactly like the original and nothing different.
@@alkavonstra5479 I'm guessing you've never read the book (it's not a series) It's just one book, and it's fairly short. It's essentially interviews of survivors before, during and after WWZ. There's no one main character like Pitt and nothing in the movie has anything to do with the book. Period. They should have made it episodic Amazon or Netflix series that covers each chapter in the book.
Its generic and so many cliche that a simpleton would enjoy
u are just underlining his point lmao.
u quite literally described that u only want source material and nothing new and thats why u hate it. u are just ranting and hating the movie cause its not the original.
how to dig ur own grave for ur argument i guess@@russpike9099
I have such a deep love for this movie. One of my top 5 zombie movies!
what they did in north korea was insane... pulled the whole country's teeth out and went into giant underground bunkers. I remember reading in the books that the characters went there to see what happened, but they don't open the bunker doors. I think it was implied that the bunkers failed and there are millions of zombies stuck inside, waiting to be let out.
Fun fact : Peter Capaldi's character name here was "Dr Who"... he was later cast in Doctor Who as the title character 😅
When I saw he was being cast as "Doctor Who," my first words were: "oh, hey, it's that old guy from World War Z..." lol
Imagine if these were the type of zombies we got in TWD. The show would've been over in the first episode because Rick would've never had a chance to wake up from his coma! Lol.
The ending of TWD world beyond has one escaping a facility in France.
No it wouldn't have because it's fiction just like this is, and different events would have played out, because there would still have been a plot
@@vicc6790 Exactly. He would have been in a safe or something.
@@MikeySkywalker I mean his room got blocked and who knows if he had any illness from being out for so long
I still love the Train to Busan reaction. Nikki had me crying and laughing so hard at the same time. Her emotions are all out there. So adorable and priceless.
So nice to see others on here that liked this movie. I love it! I just don’t understand the mediocre reviews it receives. The intensity never stops from beginning to end, and you feel traumatized even without any main character dying. Brad Pitt was, of course, fantastic. Does he just get BETTER looking with age?!
The mediocre reviews are simply comparing it to its source material. The book was really good but I have no idea how they'd make it a movie. I liked this movie for what it was though. It just shouldn't have been an adaptation of that book.
@@Lightningrod75 I understand that. And I think that’s a correct observation. But it didn’t get good critical reviews when it was released, and didn’t do that well at the box office. That’s what I was referring to. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that was my understanding.
@@maggieshevelew7579 it could be because it takes the phrase generic zombie movie to new heights of mediocrity
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I think it was the pg-13 rating edit. No blood more cutaways and less in general. The movie didn’t get good until the dvd cut
people had a problem with pitt doing horror I guess
i love the amount of foreshadowing in the movie even little things like the family getting kicked off the boat is foreshadowed by the guy on the food line saying they cant filter the water properly because there r too many ppl on the boat and i just love that so on rewatches i catch new things
The biggest life lesson this movie taught me, which I still believe in today, is that “movement is life.”
For example, if you’re out in the wilderness & thirsty, you don’t drink from a still pond. You drink from a running river.
its time too
First spanish phrase I ever learned, outside of the translations for "hello" and "how are you."
"Movemiento es vida" (spelling might be off a tad, but that's basically how it's said out loud)
If your feet start to freeze solid, you can still walk on them. If you were to start a fire and thaw your feet you're not going anywhere. Recovery from frostbite is pure agony. Keep walking on them and you just might make back, you will of course probably get them amputated but that's after your home and safe.
love this movie also that one scene in the apartments when he looks to see if its clear and then he looks back to a zombie scared the shit out of me when i was younger when it first came out i moved so fast from the floor to the couch sending the food i was eating onto the floor and i wedged myself into the space in between my parents but i still love it
I was so excited for you guys to watch this movie. For me i think it’s one of the best zombies movies ever made.
Amazing reaction. Lost count of how many times she said "are u kidding me" haha. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Brazil
I was such a hard core 28 Days/Weeks Later fan that I didn't give this movie a chance 😂😂 I didnt know it was an adaption of a book neither but its a pretty decent film rewatching it almost a decade later lol.
problem is this movie has nothing to do with the book story wise its in the same boat as I am legend great books with subpar adaptation that miss the point of the books
@@Ugnutz THATS why people trashed it! Alright, it all makes sense now. Thank you for illuminating the fact that Hollyweird did it yet again by assuming they could improve upon the source material which if I check the scoreboard has worked, ZERO times.
It's not an adaptation of a book. It's a zombie film using a book's name for recognition purposes. The film is 100% different than the book.
@@Razzy1312 true. But it's still a great movie
I loved the scientist at the beginning. He planted the seed and Jerry's combination of observation and critical thinking led to the solution. Which is my favorite aspect of the movie.
and to be honest im happy he accidentally blew his brains out. that's what happens when you hand a moron a gun and not teach him how to use it. keep your little fingers off the trigger unless you intend to kill something lol
I love this movie. I read the book and I don't care that it's different. Quite the opposite! I love that it's different. It's so epic and high octane. I watched it many times and it never bored me.
There's a book? I didn't knew!
@@lilianapego Yeah, it was written by Max Brooks and is a collection of short stories with different characters from all over the world. It's cool but very different from the movie. There also is a companion piece called "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" which is also a fun read and puts many real world survival strategies into the context of, well, the Zombie Apocalypse.
@@Jigsaw407 Thank you for the info!
So many book readers HATED this film with a passion, when it first came out. They hated that the zombies were different, and the plot didn't proceed EXACTLY like the book did. After a while, I just got sick of listening to them b*tch about it, and tuned them out.
@@jacob4920 That's why it's said to be based on the book and not the full transposition to a movie. I don't get the hate. 🤷🏻♀️ If it's a good book and a good movie, we just have to enjoy even if it's not totally the same.
You just watched this now? This is one of the best movies out there -it broke all Zombie tropes! This was even before Train to Busan came out -I bet this is where they got their concept of running zombies! Love your reaction!
One of the best movies out there?? Idk bro. Objectively it’s like a 6/10 at best when compared to literal top rated legendary movies of all time. But nothing wrong w enjoying it and ranking it high by your own criteria 👍🏼
this is one of my favorite Zombie flicks. surrounded by 28 Days/Weeks Later, Train To Busan, I Am Legend, and Dawn of The Dead, any order doesn't matter. I love this movie, I wish they'd make a sequel showing us the aftermath and the reconstructing of a society, like 28 weeks but instead of the virus reinfecting its really over. that'd be cool.
spot on! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻🔥😎
I am legend is actually vampires not zombies….zombies can walk in the day but those in I am legend can’t so they’re more like vampires than zombies
@@tomfassel6563 I know its classed as a vampire movie but in my mind its zombies so I'm counting it.
@@tomfassel6563 say that to Minecraft zombies 😂
Great reaction! It's really remarkable, almost a miracle that World War Z, just like Jaws, Apocalypse Now, Waterworld, Groundhog Day, and Toy Story 2, turned out to be a good movie in spite of the making of it being a very troubled production. This is the main reason why the sequel hasn't happened yet. If I was Brad Pitt, I'd hesitate to make the sequel as well. But, hopefully it still happens.
World War Z was a fun zombie flikc, but Nikki and Steven should definitely listen to the full audiobook oh the original novel or, better yet, read the book itself.
The book is excellent!
@@minkalampinen9519 Agree. I guess the book was so good that I really didn't give this movie a chance, lol
Uhh no. The book left me shaking. I wished I saw the movie first to ease me into it.
Make no mistake about it, the book was horrifying...Literal, hell on earth...
The audio version is probably better, and I'm a book lover. It just suits the style.
This is my FAVORITE zombie movie. Like 5 minutes of introduction and then non-stop until the end. Amazing.
Omg it's amazing seeing my city Glasgow in this movie so much. I remember them filming this here it was a HUGE deal when Brad and Ang came with the kids, it was the first time we had big A List Hollywood stars in our city for a while. When they arrived at Glasgow Central Station, they had hired out the FULL train just for them for security reasons and our city was gagging lol 😆 Ever since then we have loads of big stars filming movies here, the recent one was the new Batman 😀
Yes you are right! If you ever get impaled by an object NEVER pull it out on your own. It might be putting pressure and actually preventing you from bleeding out.
I love this movie defo one of my occasional rewatches it had a crazy 200 million budget but it fell short at the box office and the planned sequel was dropping. Brad pitt spoke about the plans for the sequel a few time's but no one wanted to fund it because how much the movie's cost to make with that many CGI zombies.
If you like the movie I highly recommend the unabridged audiobook read by a full cast, it is epic. They have a lotta big-name actors that do the reading like Alen Alda, Mark Hamill, Rob Reiner, Martin Scorsese, Simon Pegg...... It is an all-star cast that do an amazing job and makes it feel more like a real-life documentary than a work of fiction.
This Blu-ray has been sitting in my Xbox for weeks and I finally watched it last night and I wake up and see this. Very excited 😁
Nikki’s jump scares are so precious. Her reactions make me a repeat customer for life.
The movie is an ok movie. Listen to the audio book though. Theres a few variations but they cover numerous survivours ranging from civilians to politicians and pre to post WWZ. Best part is the Battle of Yonkers. The voice actor version has Mark Hamill, Alan Alda and numerous others.
The Battle of Yonkers was WILD. They were so ready for a modern war, and so unprepared for Zombies. The lost so badly, but the lessons learned saved humanity.
@@arjacfellhand838 its my fave part. Just how the artillery, the linked combat cam system and how people just being lax in searching the homes worked against the soldiers and made the segment work so damn well. Every segment of the book would work as a seperate but linked movie as well. I mean, you would have horror, political, survival and drama.
I think it's on UA-cam.
@@immortaljanus its kind of hit or miss. Youll find some parts and others will be missing. Ive saved the entire audio book as a playlist 6 or 7 times and either all or some parts get removed. 😭😢😭
I liked the Battle of Hope.
Love how Nikki squeezes the crap out of Stevens arm when something scary happens.
I love this movie, even though it got very mixed reviews. As a Walking Dead fan, It's very different, but still very good.
The "i hate stealth" line from Steven cracked me up! I'm the complete opposite. When I played through The Last of Us games the first time, I made it though almost entirely on stealth. Mainly because I was so scared and panicked when they detected me. 😅 Stealth, molotovs and bombs are my thing. 🙈
I’m so glad y’all liked it! It’s one of my favorite zombie flicks too! I would love to see a World War Z tv series. I know we have the Walking Dead but walkers aren’t anywhere near scary as these zombies!
only last 1 episode
I watched Z Nation where they had several different types of zombies. It was dramatic, thrilling and a little campy. I liked the main characters and the different storylines with each episode, even though they stuck to the main theme. The first three seasons were so good. For me, it started getting a little too "over the top" in Season 4 so I stopped watching. That, of course, is my opinion because the show lasted another 2 or 3 more seasons so it must have been enjoyed by others.
This movie was so good and nobody showed it enough love while it was in in theaters I would have wished a sequel could have been done
I love finding out people haven't watched this movie. It's one of my favorites due to the craziness.
The opening of this zombie movie is absolutely one of the best filmed versions of how it would probably go down. It's tense, horrifying and still keeps the family dynamic that is essential to the rest of the movie - which is great stuff. As others have said, I just don't understand why this movie got mixed reviews when it came out. Sure, it's not a line-by-line version of the book and the movie does drag a bit here and there but it's just a well-made zombie movie.
I love this movie and still watch it every now and then, it was fast-paced and that's what I liked about the movie there were no slow moments at all.
It wouldn't be a Nikki and Steven reaction without hearing Steven say "insane" and Nikki say "bitch". Lol.
Nikki is the best. If there’s animals or children involved you will not see a better reaction on the internet.
HAHASo true!
My family and I spent many nights during the original '2 weeks to flatten the curve' watching zombie/apocalypse movies. ahhh family bonding lmao
I remember watching this movie and being terrified!! Seeing this in 2022, during pandemic... Yikes!
Also, with Nikkie on this one, sorry Steve. Period pains can feel like a heart attack.. Women go through that EVERY MONTH!! Guys could never :D
I love haunted houses and try to visit as many as possible during Halloween season. I remember after this movie came out every haunted house zombie made that screeching/clicking noise.
You guys should react to the movie “Greenland”
Takes place in Florida, and it’s about a huge meteor shower that’s expected to hit earth, and a family that tries to make it to a bunker in Greenland before the meteors hit. It is soooooooo intense and beautiful and such a good watch and I would love to see y’all react to it.
Love this movie! It also reminds me of 28 days later. Fast paced zombies are terrifying! I also must say that the music score for this movie just makes the movie!!
You guys should watch interstellar. That’s a great movie.
I really liked your deconstruction of this movie in the end and its clever writing. The movie is probably my second ever favourite Zombie movie.
This was a fun watch. I saw it in the theater and remember the wall climbing scene and the airplane scene creeping me the F-out!
Funny fact: Peter Capaldi (known for playing the 12th Doctor Who), played as a W.H.O. Doctor in the movie.
25:20...steven keep doing that..nikki's reaction is classic...great film and a cool reaction.
Saw this at the cinema back then and it's one of my favorite zombie movies ever.
My favorite part is where the zombies gathered together to climb that wall, that was insane!!!
Also there's a video game with the same name with huge waves of zombies :D
Steven: "Dude, this is absolute chaos..."
And he was so stunned he didn't even do the ladder.
I've watched everything you guys released. It is a great dynamic of a gentle giant, and the protective Mother. There have been times and crazy stuff in movies, but seeing how Nikki reacts to children, animals, and innocent things, and clutches to Steve(n)'s for that strength and support, even through just scenes of films and reactions, I love, and am always enamored, by the genuine. and amazing couple you are, you sharing your real selves, and reactions, for the rest of us on our couches, or chairs, and feel we are there with you, and thank you for the experience of sharing that with us.
Great book. Come to think of it, reaction of many countries in the book closely mimics the initial reaction of those very countries when covid came in 2020. It's uncanny.
That's because WWZ is about people, not about zombies.
the stairways scene in the building at the beginning and the entire Jerusalem part actually traumatized me when I first watched it. The visual horror was so palpable
Loved your reactions! You both made me laugh a lot 😂
I've watched this so many times, it's one of my favorite films along with I am Legend, so glad you're reacting to it 🥰 Omg, Nikki is so cute especially the way she grabs and holds Stevens arm 😭 Hope both of you are well, love from England ❤️
Fun Fact #1: I was so shocked and wondering how do you know Brad Pitt and how did you get him to sit beside you for this reaction vid, then I readjusted the resolution and realized it was Steven the whole time. You must get that a lot ;)
Fun Fact #2: I loved watching this 'live' when you first did this, lovin it now just as much.
Fun Fact #3: During test screenings, most of the feedback was concerning 'what happened to Brad's family(?)'. And so they went back and filmed more scenes with the family. It's easy to see 'clean' scenes where he just goes off into a quiet hallway to talk to his wife as easy to splice back into the film, and I love that ending on the riverbank meeting up with them finally. I like to make up that smile on the wife's face as saying 'see Brad, the only reason we're here today, months after the movie wrapped, the people have spoken, you need us' ;)
Wait wait wait...
That isn't Brad Pitt?
Yeah! That real faces Nikki mentioned was the first thing I noticed too! it feels more real
Love the movie, loved the reaction!! ❤️
Train to Busan came out 3 years after WWZ. It seems like it was a huge influence on the zombies and makeup. Both are great movies!
This is my favorite zombie movie, I have lost count of how many times I've watched it. But it's been awhile so I guess I'm due. Now that you guys talked so much about Train to Busan; I guess I will take a chance on it. As usual your reactions are insanely good!!
Grab a box of Kleenex. You’re gonna need it.
@@Mangolite For Train to Busan? Why? That's a campy movie.
@@mattb7479 Campy to you but me, it speaks volumes. Each character was well-rounded, including the COO guy despite the hate you want him dead, if you have seen it? It is about humanity and how all the main protagonists are there to help each other through thick and thin, including the homeless guy. The child actress killed it in her performance at the end. I don’t have any kids, and yet, I am empathetic towards her. You won’t understand until you lose a loved one or have a beating heart.
@@Mangolite I've lost my share of loved ones, what an absurd statement to make. But Train to Busan isn't a serious movie and doesn't take itself seriously either (as seen by the Don Lee fight scene). So I'm surprised by the "bring a box of tissues" comment since there wasn't anything in there inherently sad for a zombie flick.
@@mattb7479 Maybe I am just sensitive.
I remember first time I watched it, just so much tension all the time, I felt so stressed.
And you are super correct Steven, you really don't want to pull out an impaled object like that, gotta bandage it up on both sides to try and stop it moving and doing more damage but you only want to pull it out later with medical supervision and stuff to stop the bleeding.
As a zombie movie it holds up rather well.
As an adaption of a novel; not so much.
Your channel just popped up as a recommendation for me today & I have to say I fucking love it, this movie is one of the best horror movies & your all's reactions were absolutely priceless!!! 😜💯👏🏼👏🏼
theres a scubdiving part the take place at a dam in the book and its pure nightmare fuel. also he goes to a shanty town in africa which is also so intence. the movie would have been 4 hours long. max brooks is an amazing writer.
Not what we wanted from the book, but it's a pretty good film anyway if not compared.
yeah if they just titled it something else it would be a really solid zombie flick. HBO should pick up the book for a mini-series or something, would be a good format
Fun fact ,the initial scenes in the street was filmed in Glasgow (zombies run over George Square) , know it got fair bit of criticism, but I personally enjoyed it . Great reaction as always guys 👌
Steven talks big survival game for a zombie apocalypse but Nikki gives me strong ‘Carol’ vibes (a.k.a. badass mama that get sh%t done) so I think she’ll be just fine in the zombie apocalypse. 😜🤣
You're right Steven it was pedal to the metal from the start, I found it so tense because those zombies were super fast and determined and yes like "Train to Busan", in fact when I was watching "Train to Busan", when the zombies all piled on top of each other moving forward on the train I remember thinking WOW, that part reminds me of "World War Z" when in Jerusalem and they were climbing up the wall like ants on top of one another until they eventually got over. Was so random the Doctor slipping up the plane ramp and accidentally shoots himself in the head, we were thinking "NOOOOO", did that just really happen, this guy lasted about 5 mins. I really enjoyed re-watching this with you both again, very entertaining and I loved the fact that you were as tense as I was and I laughed at your jump scares. I saw this film when it first came out just over 8 years ago, I cannot believe it was that long ago now, how time flies, but definitely a GREAT movie. I felt so sad for the little boy losing his parents, but they wouldn't leave their apartment and obviously came out too late, maybe looking for him or changed their mind and were bitten, but thought Gerry and his wife Karin have a new adopted son now who they'll love and the sisters a brother who they'll adore and he'll look after them. Nikki made me laugh when the automatic sensor lights went on in the labs hallway and she does her usual "bleep", "bleep", "bleep" "bleep" "bleep this", "I'm out", "duces", "the light came on", "I'm out",🤣 "duce", "peace", "thank you aaaand goodnight",.
P.S. Can I just say, Nikki you always look lovely, but you looked extra pretty at the beginning with the red lipstick, white top with pretty lace type sleeves and your hair looked really nice and the extra dark eyebrows were so on point and sharp too!🥰
The book was written by Max Brooks, son of Mel Brooks.
Steven! When you replicated the teeth movement I laughed my A** of 😂😂😂😂
15:30 We should sing in middle of a zombie apocalypse with loud speakers, what can possibly go wrong!!!
When I watch scary movies with my dad he always scares me, but when we saw this I was the one that got him because I could do the teeth zombie noise perfectly. Really freaked him out at 3am when he went to take a pee.
Usually zombie movies freak me out, but this one I really liked. I don’t know what my deal is. Lol
The last couple of zombies are the scariest, aside from the first person you see change at the beginning. Nikki, I totally teared up at the end, especially when they pulled their new son into their hug.
Due to a book I read, I now refer to zombies, at least the slow ones as Shamblers
This movie is the definition of true horror. could you imagine trying to protect the ones you love with them infected chasing you. Terrifying.
Nikki: This sounds like f*ing Last of Us!
HBO: Hold my cordyceps
New sub here. Just wanted to let you guys know you both are super awesome with your reactions. I found you reacting to ST. Gotta say some stellar stuff. Love you guys.
I mean imagine being that one person to finally put two and two together to realize that those things are bypassing people and for why? What’s the reason? Those people must be sick and the zombie still has some kind of primal instinct to infect a healthy host. As that doctor said. That’s the kink in the armor.
this has one of my favourite openings for a zombie movie, the intensity of it gets me every time. this is one of the movies i always rewatch over and over just bc its so fun and action filled.
Had to give thumbs up after seeing the wrap up. Hubby, wife debates are the best.
I looooove when Nikki goes "you're resourceful? Pls! I'm a woman!" facts ma'am 👌🏼
Nikki you are me and I am you haha!!!! i feel like we are twins haha this is exactly how i watch and react to movies (even F1) and my husband can not stand the running commentary, the constant grabs and hitting him on the arm haha!!!!! I. LOVE. THIS
I love this movie and this reaction so much jeez the fact that that ONE zombie messed it up for everyone on that plane 😭😭
Steven is gonna need some sort of elbow brace for how hard Nikki squeezes his arm sometimes 😂 she may even draw blood 😂
Missed you guys. I rarely catch all your uploads, but when I do, it feels like watching it with the fam. Your reactions are very good.
I enjoyed the movie and I play the WWZ game a lot because of the film. Keep up the good work!
For me, this movie is a "zombie frenchise" love poem. City chaos - check. Close, dark spaces of an apartment building - check. Rainy, dark airport - check. Sunny, secure and walled envirmnet - check. Tight, silent corridors - check :D