War for the Planet of the Apes
My Review
“Apes together strong!”
It’s been 15 years since Ceaser led his group of apes from the zoo. 15 years since the simian virus killed the majority of humanity. The world has changed, it is almost truly a planet of apes. Ceaser never wanted it to be that way and was willing to make peace with the humans, but now they are at war.
After killing a group of soldiers, Caesar's apes capture a few soldiers and send them to their leader the Colonel. Caesar wanted to show the Colonel that he has mercy and that the killing can stop, but things don’t go well.
The Colonel leads an attack to kill Caesar, but winds up killing his family instead. Caesar is angry and wants to kill the Colonel. Abandoning his nation of apes he goes on the hunt with a group of apes and his lieutenant Maurice who wants to make sure Caesar doesn’t do anything crazy.
On the way they meet a young human girl who is mute for mysterious reasons. Maurice convinces Caesar to take her with them and she becomes a part of their group.
They stumble upon a group of the Colonel’s soldiers who’ve been shot and left behind to die. One of the soldiers still lives and is mute just like the girl. The ape company moves on and runs into a strange ape who agrees to lead them to the Colonel and his soldiers.
Things go wrong though and they find the apes Caesar abandoned have been captured by the Colonel. Caesar is forced to make his apes build up the Colonel’s defenses in preparation for an attack. The Colonel and his men are rogue soldiers who kill any people who fall mute and have become “primitive.”
Now the real military is on it’s way to finish the Colonel off. With war on its way, Caesar finds a way to get his people out, but is almost too late.
I used to be creeped out by the original Planet of the Apes series. The idea of apes being above humans was terrifying, it still is in some ways.
This trilogy amazed me in so many ways, foremost among them the motion capture:
And the humanity behind all three movies.
I highly recommend giving these films a whirl, they are amazing. Just don’t be surprised if you can’t look at apes the same way anymore.
