Saturday 1 September 2012

Rise Ceaser

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Directed by Rupert Wyatt this film stars James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow and Andy Serkis. While trying to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease a young scientist inadvertently creates a super intelligent chimp.

Serving as a reboot rather than a remake this film is a really good point to start the series from again and is littered with references to other films in the franchise. The special effects used for the intelligent apes is now CGI and is a bit improvement on the physical effects of earlier films. While the plot is slightly slow burning it moves along ominously and has some good characters but despite a really smart premise it might lack a little thematic depth.

4/5

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