I liked the (second?) reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise, that’s not the one with Marky Mark. It was good action with a lot of heart in it as well. It showed the start of the apes growing smarter and starting to come together. The sequel shoots us forward ten years, where their society is now growing.
The same human-made virus that made the apes smart has killed off humankind, with only 1 in 500 being naturally immune. As such, human society has de-evolved into a chaotic mess, with small groups struggling together here and there. There is no power, no communication with other groups, and a general sense that this is the end. When they go up into the hills to try to jump-start a dam for power, they run into the increasingly-intelligent ape village. I don’t want to give anything away, what leads to the conflict and how it plays out, because it is intense and it is a well told story too. If you’ve seen the original Charlton Heston version and sort of know where all this is going, it makes it even more exciting.
Though the ending was (for me) a little flat and entirely expected, the movie is still great throughout and certainly one worth watching again. I liked it better than the first which as we all know is hard to do in the world of sequels.
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