Movie Review - War for the Planet of the Apes

While the last film had a pretty inconsistent title (Dawn should be a word used to describe the beginning of something), I have to admit that of all the reboots I've seen, Planet of the Apes (this one anyway) is by far one of the best. Compared to the classic films which will always have a place in many of our nerdy or geeky hearts, these films do a more realistic approach to the whole idea of Apes taking over the world and ever since the 2010s started, I've come to love post-apocalyptic event franchises and this is one of the best. Plus when you have such a great motion capture actor like Andy Serkis in the cast, you know you're in for a good time. So whether this is the last film or not in the trilogy that started with the rise and then the dawn, let's see what the war brings us:

So what you may have noticed in more recent films by Fox is that for many of their franchise films, its either a logo variation (such as the logo in the snow for the Ice Age films) or a theme variation for the logo. In the case of this film, its a theme variation which sounds a lot like a version of it if a tribe were doing it which I guess fits well in the film. So after the logos, we then get some reading where each one tries to weave in the first word in the title of all 3 films before giving us the name of this film which all seem to work out well (though its hard to imagine how those who can't read will cope). So following the events of the last film, Caesar (reprised by Serkis) who can now talk properly like a human, is at war with a human military facility called Alpha-Omega. With his clan hiding in the woods, Caesar offers Alpha-Omega peace if they are left alone. But to make matters worst, some of the apes who were followers of the now deceased Koba (reprised by King Kong himself, Toby Kebbell who appears in hallucinations Caesar has) have joined the military in fear of retaliation from Caesar after betraying him during the battle in San Francisco. Knowing that his clan is in need of getting somewhere safe, Caesar makes plans to relocate to the dessert. Matters become more worst when the leader of Alpha-Omega, simply known as the Colonel (played by Woody Harrelson) kills his wife and oldest son, which then prompts Caesar to go after him, accompanied by his adviser Maurice (reprised by Karin Konoval), his second in command and brother figure Rocket (reprised by Terry Notary) and a loyal follower of his Luca (played by Michael Adamthwaite). But as time moves on, they soon come to realise that the virus that once wiped almost all of mankind, is now making the humans more primitive so who knows what happens in the end.

One of the big problems I had with the last two films were that both of them had a scenario where there's a human who bonds with Caesar and basically becomes the human protagonist alongside Caesar who is the ape protagonist. I know that Caesar has a human companion in this film too, but its not quite the same as with James Franco and Jason Clarke's characters. But anyway, if it is the last film in this trilogy, it is one of the strongest endings to a trilogy that I have seen which is very rare to come by. Its also well acted all around and lives up to its name unlike the predecessors and it has a very satisfactory ending if not quite a sad one too. I saw it in 3D and while I wouldn't exactly say it needs to be seen that way, its a film that works well in that format. Can't say any more than that, other than "Apes Together Strong". 9/10