It had been about 10 years since the last Apes film which was directed by Tim Burton was wasn’t a completed success. Partly due to the fact that Mark Wahlberg was great and the decision to cast Estella Warren was also a bad call. The only good thing to come from that film was the very final scene with the Abraham Lincoln statue with a chimps face. Fast forward and what we have here is a far more impressive Apes film which is effectively a reboot of the franchise. James Franco plays Will Rodman who is trying to find a cure for Alzheimer’s which his dad (John Lithgow) is suffering from.
The story is highly enjoyable, mostly because of the apes themselves which is helped by the impressive CGI. Andy Serkis was again involved in creating the human characteristics of the apes and deserves much praise. The story has some very good action sequences including the Golden Gate Bridge stuff which managed to carry on for the right amount of time.
It didn’t have a clear cut ending which was a refreshing surprise. Hopefully the money it makes is good enough because this could be the start of a good franchise which with the ending on Harry Potter is what we need.
The story is highly enjoyable, mostly because of the apes themselves which is helped by the impressive CGI. Andy Serkis was again involved in creating the human characteristics of the apes and deserves much praise. The story has some very good action sequences including the Golden Gate Bridge stuff which managed to carry on for the right amount of time.
It didn’t have a clear cut ending which was a refreshing surprise. Hopefully the money it makes is good enough because this could be the start of a good franchise which with the ending on Harry Potter is what we need.
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