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War for the Planet of the Apes

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• Adventure
• Sci-fi

• 2017
• Matt Reeves
• 134 mins
• 12

Summary

Sci-fi adventure sequel starring Woody Harrelson and Andy Serkis. In the third instalment of the rebooted franchise, ape leader Caesar embarks on a quest for revenge after the crazed Colonel McCullough kills Caesar's family in a bid to assassinate him.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Andrew Collins

Far from a treasonous reboot of the beloved five-film franchise of the 1960s and 70s, the 21st century Planet of the Apes cycle has merits of its own. Approximately retooling 1973's Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), this third chapter sees Caesar (a motion-captured Andy Serkis) and his intelligent simian tribe attempting to relocate to a promised land to escape the paramilitary troops of Woody Harrelson's genocidal, Kurtz-like Colonel. (Cross-species antipathy is summed up by a grunt's Vietnam-styled helmet scrawled with the words "Monkey killer".) Director Matt Reeves and his co-writer Mark Bomback introduce allusions to fascism and slavery, with mutant humans in chains and subjugated apes referred to as "donkeys", before a spectacularly pyrotechnic battle between two armies. Operatic in scale and laced with connections for old-school fans, the film leaves nothing out there on the pitch.

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7.4/10

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Cast

rolenameCaesarAndy SerkisThe ColonelWoody HarrelsonBad ApeSteve ZahnMauriceKarin KonovalNovaAmiah MillerRocketTerry NotaryKobaToby KebbellCorneliaJudy GreerRed DonkeyTy OlssonLakeSara CanningBlue EyesMax Lloyd-Jones

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rolenameDirectorMatt Reeves

Details

Theatrical distributor

20th Century Fox

Released on

2017-07-11

Languages

English | English

Guidance

Violence.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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