After things get decidedly personal, Caesar leaves his young son Cornelius (in a nice nod to the Roddy McDowell role in the original films) to find and kill The Colonel. For The Colonel is intent on tracking down and killing ape-leader Caesar (Andy Serkis, "LOTR"). We have moved a number of years forwards from the events of "Dawn" and society as we know it has crumbled away still further: even the "Holidays are Coming" Coke lorry is no longer in service, so things MUST be bad! We begin the film with the apes having a nice 'Centre Parcs' break when their reverie and cappuccinos are rudely interrupted by the attacking forces of "The Colonel" (Woody Harrelson, "Triple 9", "Zombieland"). With "War", the form is back almost to top notch, and this is a summer release at last deserving of the suffix "blockbuster". 2014's "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" whilst also good took a slight backward step. With staggeringly good mo-cap for the apes and a touching and memorable story it was for me was a 10* classic. 2011's "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was the one of the big movie surprises for me of that year.
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