This life after the war was really intriguing to me in the novel, and it stinks that the movie decided to keep everything in the present since there is so much that could be mined for a movie that takes place both during and after the carnage. But following World War Z, zombies could be found all over the place, including underwater and even in the mountains. It’s not as bad as the initial outbreak, and some countries are handling post-war life better than others (like Iceland is packed to the brim with zombies). After the war, there are still millions of zombies wandering the world. The Book Spends A Great Length Of Time Going Over What Happens After The WarĪnd this was probably the most upsetting aspect for me about the movie, since this was my favorite part about the book. There is a scene in the film involving Jerusalem that is kind of in the book, but it’s only skin deep and doesn’t tackle any of the excellent and biting social commentary that Max Brooks presents in his story. And none of this is in the movie! Instead, we’re given a pretty intense action/horror flick that has pretty much nothing to say. The United States, for example, is woefully unprepared.Īnd because it’s an election year in the book (I’m serious), the powers that be don’t want to cause a panic, so it gets a lot worse in the US (double welp!) than in some other nations. At first, people start just calling it an advanced form of rabies ( African rabies, to be specific), and different nations react differently to it. First, while nobody really knows the true origins of the zombie plague in the novel (though, there have been cave paintings of zombies in this universe), the pandemic makes its first modern appearance in China (welp!) and then gradually spreads itself around the rest of the world. World War Z is a very political book, and if you read it today, you’ll likely find a lot of eerie parallels with modern day times. There Is No Biting Social Commentary In The Movie
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