Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
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Jul 11, 2014 · The mostly excellent "Dawn" expands and complicates Ceasar's story by showing the aftermath of revolution, when the romance of rebellion has faded and boring old reality sinks in. Caesar and his fellow apes have settled in the forest amid remnants of a civilization cast into ruin by simian flu.
Jul 11, 2014 · With intelligence and emotional resonance to match its stunning special effects, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes expands on its predecessor with an exciting and ambitious burst of...
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- Matt Reeves
- PG-13
- Andy Serkis
- A return to greatness.
- Verdict
By Scott Collura
Posted: Jul 1, 2014 11:21 pm
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the kind of movie that reminds me why I love movies in the first place -- and more specifically, why I love sci-fi movies. Smart, emotionally deep, exciting, beautiful to behold, and culturally relevant, Dawn is quite simply a great film.
While I enjoyed Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the first film in this -- for lack of a better term -- rebooted series, my issues with it pertained mostly to the sometimes idiotic human characters and wobbly screenplay, which tended towards easy Hollywood-storytelling outs and tone-deaf “homages” to the original 1960s-1970s films. Thankfully, incoming director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) rarely, if ever, makes such missteps with Dawn, but rather solidifies the strong foundation of the first film and improves on everything else in a hugely gratifying way.
Andy Serkis is now rightfully front and center as Caesar, the leader of the small group of apes who were granted intelligence, language, and eventually their freedom in the previous movie. A decade has passed since then, and as was predicted at the end of Rise, human civilization has fallen in the wake of the Simian Flu -- fittingly enough, the same virus that enabled Caesar’s kind to rise. (Reeves depicts the end of the world as we know it in a chilling opening credits montage that ties events closely to the real world.)
While mankind has suffered and mostly died off over the past 10 years, the apes have flourished. In the forests north of San Francisco, an ape city of a kind has taken root, carved into the lush woods and waterfalls of the landscape. Caesar’s people, who now communicate through a mix of limited speech, signing, and body language -- and by the way, it’s impressive just how much Reeves uses subtitles in what is, after all, a summer tent pole picture -- have established a virtual paradise here, living off the land, hunting, and growing their tribe. The ape children attend school, where Maurice, the orangutan from Rise and Caesar’s trusted adviser, teaches lessons such as “Ape will not kill ape.” Of course this is a notion that will have great significance as the film progresses.
The Apes franchise returns to greatness with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, a film that works as both a rousing summer tent pole movie as well as an intelligent science-fiction tale with heart. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Talk to Senior Editor Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottIGN, on IGN at scottcollura and on Facebook.
Jul 10, 2014 · The Times critic A. O. Scott reviews “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.” WETA/20th Century Fox. Koba, a survivor of scientific experiments, bears the physical and moral scars of human...
- Matt Reeves
- A.O. Scott
- 130 min
Jul 11, 2014 · "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" shows us masses of intelligent apes swarming the screen as masters of all they survey. With Andy Serkis returning as Caesar, the ayatollah of all...
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" maintains a credible tone of seriousness over farce while...
Jul 11, 2014 · The Hollywood Reporter’s film critic Todd McCarthy says in his review that Dawn delivers “a gripping account of interspecies conflict” and “manages to do at least three things exceptionally...
