Starring: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Gary Oldman

Directed by: Matt Reeves

Today, I’ve just seen the new Planet of the Apes movie, “Dawn of the Planet of The Apes”. I was gonna go see the movie, “Lucy” but I ended up seeing the new Planet of the Apes movie instead. Here is my review…

Plot/Synopsis: A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

The first “Planet of the Apes” with James Franco was just pretty good. Nothing great, nothing amazing. Just a pretty good film. I have been a huge Planet of the Apes fan for years. I’m a huge fan of all the Planet of the Apes movies and the TV series. I even enjoyed the Tim Burton remake a lot too. Yeah, I’m a die-hard Planet of the Apes fan and still am.

It’s very rare that sequels can be better than the first one. Most sequels of Hollywood movies are really bad but this one can be an exception. I thought “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” was a very impressive as hell movie. Definitely way better than the first. 10 times better. Finally, we get a movie with a great script that is smart and enjoyable. The casting is very good. We don’t have too many big names stars. The only big name star in the movie is obviously Gary Oldman who killed it like usual. Well, Andy Serkis who voices Caeser can be considered a big name too, I guess.

This movie is about war. Apes vs. Humans. This movie is also about betrayal and hatred so the movie is obviously very dark. The first movie was more of a family-friendly kind of film, the second one was a lot darker. I was at the edge of my seat throughout the whole film and I wasn’t bored.

Of course, the movie has plenty of action. The action scenes are entertaining as hell too. You wanna see apes get into some serious fighting? You would see apes fight like humans do. What’s different about this film is that apes uses guns. All the apes care for each other and they look out for each other. They don’t trust humans so they protect each other the best they can. In the first movie, they got rid of most humans and took over the world ’cause they didn’t like how humans treated the apes. Humans who survived have lost everything and they want to help the apes and not go to war with them.

The movie is also visually stunning and cinematography was impressive. I thought this was a very intense film and so far, this is the best film of 2014. Pretty high up there. I would recommend you check this film out if you’re an POTA fan. If you’re a newbie, I wouldn’t recommend seeing this movie right away ’cause you need to see the first one in order to understand the story.

I’m already looking forward to the third one now!

Two thumbs up!

Kev