Chris Stuckmann reviews War for the Planet of the Apes, starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary. War for the Planet of the Apes (original title). So why turn a franchise about sentient apes into a war movie that echoes the stories of Vietnam?
War for the Planet of the Apes Isn't the Apocalypse Now Remake It Wants to Be. The dialogue is relatively spare — two apes can speak, but the rest communicate via sign language — and Reeves holds his shots a long time to ally his heroes with the. Read Common Sense Media's War for the Planet of the Apes review, age rating, and parents guide.
The movie is very smart and subtly discusses issues of how fear can lead to problems like slavery and war. But Caesar isn't exactly a role model, since he chooses to seek revenge (though he. The latest in the Planet of the Apes franchise is a guerrilla (and gorilla) warfare-turned prison-break movie. What this means is that the war for the planet is essentially over. It doesn't really matter whether Caesar defeats the colonel - and you can probably guess if he does - because humans are. The third of the Planet of the Apes 'reboot series' is just as good as its predecessors: a bold, sweeping adventure told with confidence and intensity.
Trailer War for the Planet of the Apes
It is a war movie rather notionally, in fact — closer to a quest movie, as Caesar and his few remaining stalwarts and disciples, including a slightly Golem-type. War is the second angry ape movie to homage Coppola's 'Nam epic this year, following in Skull Island's significantly larger (though still Notary-shaped) The apes have never been more expressive, and while most still sign rather than speak (although Caesar's diction has advanced in leaps and. For large stretches of time, "War for the Planet of the Apes" is simply a marvel of morbid imagery rarely seen in this kind of American movie.
The prison, with its weary, bloodied apes shivering in the ruthless cold, looks like a Siberian gulag crossed with the world's saddest zoo. Watch a clip from 'War for the Planet of the Apes,' starring Woody Harrelson and Andy Serkis. This improbably magnificent film and Michael Giacchino's majestic score are a perfect match. The apes are the good guys here, but the humans who made the movie do our species proud.