Language - English
Director - Matt Reeves
Run Time - 2 hours, 10 mins
Genre - Action/Drama
Dawn of the Planet of Apes is a very serious movie. If you're looking for a movie to relax and watch, you must skip this one. This is one of the reasons why it fails too. Rise of the Planet of Apes had its lively moments, but this movie goes on a single serious tone which is laden with action to the brim. Too much of anything spoils everything, and here, the overdose of action makes you feel jaded at the end of two hours, which is anyways a long run time.
I really enjoyed Rise of the Planet of Apes, and was expecting a much better sequel. Director Matt Reeves was a dissapointment. I do not understand why would the studio changed the director, when the first movie was quite a success. I admit the movie was made very well, with great special effects, but the story was quite predictable, and a tad bit stretched. Also, I feel that there should have been more screen presence of the humans, which would make the audience feel more connected.
This movie continues from the events of the first movie, where the apes have settled in a colony just outside of San Francisco, whereas human population has declined drastically by a worldwide virus.
The apes, who are led by Caesar believe humans to be extinct till one day a jeep arrives into their territory and a member of the clan is shot. We find out that some humans were immune to the virus and have settled in a small portion of San Francisco. Neither species trust each other and the Caesar warns the humans to stay off the apes' territory. But the humans need electricity, and the only way of getting that is in the jungle, via the working of a dam.
The movie displays trust, betrayal, rebellion and lots of other drama in the two hours. Watch it to know which species emerges on top.
I would say this movie was good, not great. And that is just because the plot was a bit predictable and it was slightly stretched. Casual movie goers should refrain.
My Rating - 7/10
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