World War Z Page #4

Synopsis: Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
Director(s): Marc Forster
Production: Paramount Pictures
  3 wins & 24 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
PG-13
Year:
2013
116 min
$202,351,611
Website
14,934 Views


before it starts to stink.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

GERRY:
That's smart.

You guys all right?

It's all right.

It's okay.

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

Are you guys hungry?

Yes, thank you.

(TUNING)

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

(KARIN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

- TOMAS:
Here you go.

- Thank you.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

- Thank you.

- (EMERGENCY TONE BLARING)

KARIN:
You want some juice?

ROBOTIC MALE VOICE:

The following message

is transmitted at the request of the

New Jersey State Police Department.

Authorities recommend

that the following actions

should be taken

by all the members of the public.

Stay indoors if at all possible.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Have enough food

and water supplies for sheltering

for one to two weeks.

The following message

is transmitted at the request

of the New Jersey State

Police Department.

An unidentified virus strain is rapidly

spreading across

the state of New Jersey.

- (GASPING)

- (CLATTERING)

She was crying.

GERRY:
Hmm.

Thanks, Tommy.

I used to work in dangerous places

and people who moved survived,

and those who didn't...

(TOMAS EXPLAINING IN SPANISH)

Movement is life.

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

You have a better chance

if you come with us.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

You need anything else

before you leave?

(DISTANT SCREECHING)

GERRY:
(WHISPERING)

Okay. Come on. Come on.

(DISTANT SCREECHING)

We should have left with them.

There is nowhere to go.

What's going to happen

when the food is gone?

- (POUNDING)

- (GASPING)

Okay, come on.

I'm scared.

Connie, there's a helicopter

waiting for us on the roof.

Keep your eyes

on Mommy and Daddy, okay?

Be ninja quiet.

Just a walk in the park.

How do we know they're coming?

They're coming.

Ready?

(EXHALES)

- GERRY:
Okay, come on, guys.

- (SNARLING)

- (SCREAMING)

- (GUNSHOT FIRED)

Come on! Come on!

KARIN:
Up, up, up.

GERRY:
Come on, baby.

Go, go, go!

(ZOMBIES SNARLING)

- Come on, baby!

- KARIN:
Go, go!

Go, girls! Gerry!

(GROANS)

Come on. Gerry!

Girls, get back!

(GROANS)

Watch out!

- Go!

- Go, go, go!

Come on, faster, girls!

(HELICOPTER APPROACHING)

PILOT:
Lieutenant, I've got no contact.

I say again, no contact.

- (ZOMBIES SNARLING)

- GERRY:
Let's go, let's go!

Karin!

- Karin!

- Yeah.

Go through the door!

Gerry?

(ZOMBIE GROWLING)

(STRAINING)

(YELLING)

(GUNSHOT FIRED)

PILOT:
There they are!

Ace, we have positive contact.

That's our target! Get us down!

Daddy!

- Daddy!

- Baby, get back.

CONNIE:
Daddy!

Gerry?

- Gerry, what?

- Stay back!

Baby! No!

One thousand seven.

One thousand eight.

CONNIE:
Daddy, get off the edge!

- KARIN:
Gerry, please?

- One thousand ten.

One thousand eleven.

(PANTING)

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Matthew Michael Carnahan

Matthew Michael Carnahan (sometimes credited as Matt Carnahan) is an American screenwriter who wrote the feature film The Kingdom (2007), and the film adaptation of the hit BBC television drama serial State of Play. Carnahan also wrote the screenplay for Lions for Lambs for United Artists. His brother is Joe Carnahan, who wrote and directed Narc (2002), Smokin' Aces (2006) and The A-Team (2010). More recently, he worked on the screenplay for the zombie film World War Z (2013). He wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Nemesis with his brother Joe Carnahan. more…

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