World War Z has an extended cut that increases the movie's runtime by seven-minutes, which makes it hard not to wonder if it fixes the zombie thriller's narrative issues. Long before World War Z hit the big screens in June 2013, its production was held back by many creative conflicts and production complications. When these problems behind its creation began surfacing, viewers and critics naturally became skeptical about its success at the box office. However, World War Z proved all doubters wrong when it received a mixed-to-positive critical response and respectable box office numbers.

After extensive re-shoots and a last-minute script rewrite, World War Z cut characters and many critical moments from its original storyline, leaving an end product that featured Brad Pitt touring a post-apocalyptic zombie-ridden world to find a cure for a virus outbreak. While the final cut is not as groundbreaking as other narratively deep zombie flicks like 28 Days Later,...