War for the Planet of the Apes

PG-13

7/14/20172h 20m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ For freedom. For family. For the planet. ~

Overview:

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Director:

Matt Reeves

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$150,000,000.00

Revenue:

$490,719,763.00

Key words:

suicide
civil war
escape
winter
mutation
peace
solidarity
gorilla
intelligence
dystopia
horse
post-apocalyptic future
slavery
pacifism
imprisonment
colony
sequel
anthropomorphism
revenge
betrayal
mute
snow
torture
disease
ape
orangutan
death of family
death
evolution
chimpanzee
avalanche
albino
primate
sign languages
virus
underground tunnel
assassination attempt
enslavement
murder by gunshot
human becoming an animal
contagion
father son relationship
2040s
guns
soldiers
avenging father
animal human friendship
war
cgi-live action hybrid
serious
violence against animals
explosions
war horse
survival of the fittest
cruel

Cast

Andy Serkis

~ as ~

Caesar

Woody Harrelson

~ as ~

The Colonel

Karin Konoval

~ as ~

Maurice

Terry Notary

~ as ~

Rocket

Steve Zahn

~ as ~

Bad Ape

Amiah Miller

~ as ~

Nova

Ty Olsson

~ as ~

Red Donkey

Michael Adamthwaite

~ as ~

Luca

Toby Kebbell

~ as ~

Koba

Gabriel Chavarria

~ as ~

Preacher

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Reviews (5)

MQ
Movie Queen41
Written 7 year(s) ago
8
Excellent trilogy

Most Hollywood remakes/reboots are failed cash grabs. They are pale imitations of the superior originals. But the new Planet of the Apes trilogy surprises in that it trumps all the previous Apes films--those from the 60's and 70's as well as the Tim Burton 2001 misfire. Caesar still leads the intelligent apes against the human forces who want to eradicate them. Caesar even shows mercy to some of his human captives, but the humans who fear the apes will not relent in their attempts to destroy them. The movie is driven largely by Andy Serkis's superb portrayal of Caesar. He is a complex and intriguing character. Woody Harrelson is also very good as the villain. His character is no generic, stock bad guy. He's layered and you may even surprisingly feel some sympathy for him. A great and thought provoking popcorn flick.
PG
Per Gunnar Jonsson
Written 7 year(s) ago
3
On this movie I have to get a couple of things out of the way straight away.

First, the movie title and the blurb is hyperbole that has little to do with actual events in the movie. This is not some great war but just some silly little three way skirmish between some apes and two human factions.

Second, the story for this movie is clearly written by someone who has an agenda and that agenda includes preaching how bad the white man is. Not surprisingly the result is bland, boring, frustrating and not very entertaining.

I thought Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was mildly entertaining. Mostly due to the special effects. I thought Rise of the Planet of the Apes was okay. Again due to the special effects and because it had a fair amount of action. War for the Planet of the Apes do have decent special effects but nothing else. Add the obvious political agenda and the movie goes straight into a nose dive.

The humans in the movie are stereotypical bad people and the apes are victims whether they are actually good apes or just asshole apes. There’s some decent action in the beginning and some at the end. In between we are “treated” to a slew of emotional scenes (or at least I suppose that’s what they were supposed to be) were Ceasars grief and the evil of man are force fed down our throats.

Not surprisingly the movie ends, which it of course do not do until all humans in sight are killed off for no good reason, with the apes finding their little part of heaven all shown in warm and rosy colors. Close curtain…thank good!

I was not expecting much from this movie but this was a typical Hollywood-with-an-agenda-movie. That is, not a good movie as far as I am concerned.
Gimly
Written 7 year(s) ago
7
The title War for the Planet of the Apes is perhaps a misnomer, and it doesn't necessarily build the legend in the way I was expecting it to, but a worthy threequel it still makes, and blockbuster trilogy with no bad entries is a rare thing to see.

Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.
r96sk
Written 3 year(s) ago
8
'War for the Planet of the Apes' wraps up a great trilogy strongly.

I enjoyed this installment just as much as its two predecessors, all three films are just supremely entertaining and are very well put together. Caesar is a terrific character and continues to look fantastic in this; the special effects are top notch, even the way the apes are shown in shot is expertly done. The additions of Bad Ape and Nova are neat, too.

I'd personally rank it above 'Dawn' but below 'Rise', though there isn't much between them at all. Intrigued to see where they go with the proposed spin-off(s).
CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
The relentless battles between apes and mankind are taking their toll, and forcing Caesar and his followers into the frozen wilderness where they encounter the megalomanic "Colonel" (Woody Harrelson). Tragically, coming off the worst at this meeting, the apes end up imprisoned by their new, ruthless, human masters - aided and abetted by some gorillas too - and used as little better than slaves. Adding to their woes, both sides know that an impeding visit by some heavily armed troops is not in either of their interests! It now falls to "Caesar" to come up with a plan to free his species before they are all wiped out. Whilst I did quite enjoy this, it's not as good as the "Dawn..." (2014). It takes far too long to get going and Harrelson has all the menace of a cucumber sandwich. There is just too much dialogue (and sentiment) and Matt Reeves struggles to build, let alone sustain, the pace and menace that he did so well last time out. Although it is a bit on the long side, the last hour largely makes up most of these deficiencies as the plan for vengeance takes shape and the pyrotechnics go into overdrive. Good, but not great.