Dawn of the Planet of the Apes review

Does anyone remember back when Tim Burton did that 'Planet of the Apes' remake and after that every fan of the original series, and non fans alike, were concerned when 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' was announced? Well three years later we are introduced to 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' and I must say, personally, any doubt that future films in this franchise will be good are completely eradicated!

Set ten years after the events of the first film mankind has been reduced to the point of extinction because of a virus that had been dubbed as the 'Simian Flu', leaving Caesar and his colony of apes to roam the forests free from prying eyes. However, the discovery of a faction of humans, living in the abandoned city of San Fransisco, will cause great discomfort for everyone as both sides don't want war yet will fight to protect their homes if needed.

While groups of both apes and humans want nothing more than to wipe the other out of existence, Malcolm (Jason Clarke) and a small group of humans want to try to make peace with Caesar (Andy Serkis) so they all can live together in harmony. However, that dream won't come to pass when Koba (Toby Kebbell), the ape military leader, steals a gun, shoots Caesar and blames it on the humans.

All out war ensues as Koba gathers all the apes together and attacks the human city. Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) hears of the apes coming and gathers the men in the city to defend their home. Both humans and apes suffer numerous casualties, but the apes win the battle and Koba proceed to caging the humans as he had been caged all those years ago while the other apes rampaged through the city, searching and capturing the remaining humans.

Meanwhile, Malcolm and his family find Caesar and nurse him back to health in the very same house Caesar grew up in. Once healed, Caesar and his son free the apes loyal to Caesar and go to confront Koba. Caesar and Koba go at each other, fighting for the right to lead the apes. Despite some dirty fighting tricks by Koba Caesar, once again, emerges victorious and, after advising Malcolm to take his family and leave before the human military arrives and war starts all over again, walks down the steps of San Fransisco's city hall as the apes bow down to him, recognizing their rightful ruler.

In my personal opinion, this is by far the best movie out of the newly refreshed 'Planet of the Apes' franchise. The story is fresh and we get outstanding actors; Andy Serkis has really been able to take the beloved character Caesar and make it his own thing. Though the previous movie might've been a bit slow due to an excessive amount of character development and little action, this movie has the perfect combination of character development and action scenes to make this a phenomenal action movie.

The movie does have a few moments where fowl language is used and very intense action scenes, so I would advise not taking young children to see this movie. However, if you have teenagers who love action flicks or are fans of the 'Planet of the Apes' franchise then I would strongly suggest that you go see this movie.

On a scale of 1 to 10 I will give this movie a rating of 9 for the amazing action, great character development and overall freshness of the story. I love this new series and can't wait to see what they will throw at us next.

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