2011's "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes" was both a huge success financially and critically, I re-watched it last night and had forgotten what a huge achievement it was, exciting, emotional and incredibly intelligent film making, so the planned release of this sequel was high on my 'to see' list, if not number 1.
Released last week the reviews were very, very positive, 90%+ on Rotten Tomatoes, so expectation was high, I settled down to watch it, would it deliver.....oh yes, and some! First things first, the sfx are astonishing, these are living, breathing Apes, Chimpanzees etc, full of character, personality, yes personality, a joy to watch. The screenplay is mesmerising, thoughtful, intelligent, the action engrossing, edge of your seat stuff, I seriously think this film is a notch above it's illustrious predecessor, yes the humans do take second fiddle to the Apes (these aren't just a bunch of Monkeys!) but you still get excellent performances from the two leads Gary Oldman (obviously) and Jason Clark ("Zero Dark Thirty").
Compelling awesome film-making and my current movie of the year.
*****
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