RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - REVIEW
by Mark Kennedy on Thursday, August 4, 2011
Ho Ho HO Chirstmas has come early to this movie goer with the release of the movie RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. To make it brief this movie is an origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. OK enough for the story everone knows.
James Franco, (Spiderman movies and 127 Hours), is the scientist who wants to cure Alzheimers. His reasons are personal having a Father (John Lithgow) who suffers from the disease. His boss, (David Oyelowo) (Last King of Scotland and the new movie The Help) wants the cure because of all the money he can make off it. The testing of the drug ALZ-112 is in the animal phase and chimpanzees are the subject. Ok we all know what happens but the way they handle it was terrific.
Lots of homages to the original Planet of the Apes with Ceasar playing with a broken Statue of Liberty toy and the Gorrilla class being the muscle for the weaker chimps.
Tom Felton, (Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter fame) gets the meaty part of the bad animal handler. He plays mean really well. David Hewlitt, ( StarGate Atlantis Fame)gets all the bad in the movie tossed his way and stay just after the credits start to see how it all plays out for him and the human race.
The real star is Andy Serkis ( Gullom from the Lord of the Ring movies) he once again puts on the motion suit and plays the ape hero, Ceasar. Effects are good when you know that the apes are not real but you are not sure whch ones are not real. I loved this movie and I think you will also. Some violence so keep the small children away but profanity a minimum and no sex. I can not wait for the sequel!! Tell me what you thought of the movie.
James Franco, (Spiderman movies and 127 Hours), is the scientist who wants to cure Alzheimers. His reasons are personal having a Father (John Lithgow) who suffers from the disease. His boss, (David Oyelowo) (Last King of Scotland and the new movie The Help) wants the cure because of all the money he can make off it. The testing of the drug ALZ-112 is in the animal phase and chimpanzees are the subject. Ok we all know what happens but the way they handle it was terrific.
Lots of homages to the original Planet of the Apes with Ceasar playing with a broken Statue of Liberty toy and the Gorrilla class being the muscle for the weaker chimps.
Tom Felton, (Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter fame) gets the meaty part of the bad animal handler. He plays mean really well. David Hewlitt, ( StarGate Atlantis Fame)gets all the bad in the movie tossed his way and stay just after the credits start to see how it all plays out for him and the human race.
The real star is Andy Serkis ( Gullom from the Lord of the Ring movies) he once again puts on the motion suit and plays the ape hero, Ceasar. Effects are good when you know that the apes are not real but you are not sure whch ones are not real. I loved this movie and I think you will also. Some violence so keep the small children away but profanity a minimum and no sex. I can not wait for the sequel!! Tell me what you thought of the movie.
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