Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
When we watched the trailer for this I did a little inward groan when I saw that Woody H was the antagonist. “Here we go, Tallahassee Mk 2…” but he was actually pretty good. The character also had a shade of complexity too, which is almost novel for a villain these days.
Still holds that deeply unsettling mirror up, though. Even in the apocalypse, we can’t get it together as a species.
★★★★