There are pertinent lessons to be learned from the original simian-based film series.
Franklin J Schaffner’s satire was a response to an era of social upheaval.
The thinking person’s blockbuster franchise returns with big emotions, incredible effects but very little to actually say.
This latest instalment in the Apes franchise, about the preservation of humanity, lacks any genuine human characters.
This unlikely reboot is a relatively modest B-movie bolstered by A-grade technical wizardry.
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