Brad Pitt's zombie epic World War Z is 'brain dead'

Massive budget and new third act can't save star's big screen corpse caper from 'elaborate uselessness'

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BRAD PITT'S reputation as an actor and producer - not to mention a budget believed to be $400 million - is riding on the success of the epic zombie movie World War Z.

But if early reviews are any indication, the film is as lifeless as a corpse, animated, flesh-eating or otherwise.

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