I’ve got a confession to make. I actually haven’t read Max Brook’s novel of ‘World War Z’ just yet. I have however enjoyed immensely his previous book, the comical ‘The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From The Living Dead,’ and although I’ve heard nothing but good things about his follow-up which is a narrative take on the zombie post-apocalypse, it’s just one of those things I haven’t been able to squeeze the time in to read. And hence, I am the ideal target audience member for Paramount’s huge big budget summer blockbuster movie adaptation, because like me, most people going into this movie will have no prior knowledge of its inspiration.

In fact, early rumblings from diehard fans of the book are that the movie version only seems to share the title and basic overall story structure of its source material. While...