One minute you’re stuck in traffic, the next you’re fighting zombies
While there’s a stream of new Netflix movies to choose from every month, this time I found myself going back to my favorite creature feature World War Z after it became available on the best streaming service. Despite watching the blockbuster hit at least three times before, World War Z still manages to get my heart pounding at every nail-biting twist and turn as the zombies unleash a ferocious attack across the globe.
So, you can understand my surprise when I discovered that the highest-grossing zombie movie of all time has a rather disappointing Rotten Tomatoes score of 67%, which also means that it doesn’t meet our criteria to earn a place on the best Netflix movies list.
When World War Z was released in 2013, it became a commercial success, earning over $540 million at the box office and was even developed into one of the best zombie video games. World War Z was praised for reviving the zombie sub-genre that had gone quiet for decades following the likes of 28 Days Later and the king of zombie movies Dawn of the Dead. Variety agreed with this point as they wrote in their review: “Brad Pitt’s much-maligned World War Z emerges as a surprisingly smart, gripping and imaginative addition to the zombie movie canon.
