movie poster for RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Flicks ID

16634

Cert

12

Running time

100 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2011)

RUPERT WYATT

Plot

A bereaved scientist attempts to create a cure for Alzheimer's, resulting in a supernaturally intelligent chimp named Caesar. The ape’s character swiftly evolves from wide-eyed innocent to reluctant revolutionary while, ironically, never losing his ‘humanity’. Once it kicks off the blemish less CGI action is a joy to behold, and unlike the bloated clucking turkey Tim Burton made a few years ago this manages to retain a dark prescient social message.