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Zombies of World War Z (film)

FilmUndeadRunsA virus2010 to today

The film version replaces the book's slow dead with a fast swarm that climbs over itself to get past walls. Its distinctive idea is that the zombies ignore the sick and injured, which gives the living a way to hide. It was reported as the highest-grossing zombie film of all time.123

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First appeared
2013
Released 2013
Source work
World War Z (2013)
Marc Forster
Age rating
PG-13 (US); 15 (UK)
Made in
USA
What causes it
A virus
A virus, according to the film's virologist.
How you become one
A bite.
How it moves
Runs
They swarm, and pile on each other to scale Jerusalem's wall.
Weak spots
  • they ignore the seriously ill, so an injected pathogen works as camouflage
  • amputating a bitten limb at once

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2013

Released 2013

field notes

What the sources say

1

Noise draws them123

2

They pass by people who are sick or injured123

3

Max Brooks said the film shares only its title with his book123

4

Reported as the highest-grossing zombie film, at about 540 million dollars123

5

The budget rose to about 190 million dollars after reshoots and rewrites123

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (runs), not a measurement.

You, walking about 5 km/h
You, jogging about 10 km/h
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h
Zombies of World War Z (film) about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

  1. World War Z (film) - Wikipedia
  2. World War Z - Wikipedia
  3. World War Z - Rotten Tomatoes

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