When I first saw the trailer of this movie, I was mildly interested. Then the movie was released and it was met with good response. Since then, I have been waiting for a Blu-ray rip to watch the movie. I live in Pilani by the way (BITS-Pilani), so the wait for a Blu-ray rip instead of watching the movie in a theatre. Please, don’t get me started about the cons and cons of living in Pilani.
Anyway, coming to the movie, here is what IMDB says about it:
Rating: 7.8/10
Description: During experiments to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, a genetically-enhanced chimpanzee uses its greater intelligence to lead other apes to freedom.
What IMDB doesn’t say is that the movie’s graphics are quite literally from another planet, on another level. Caesar’s (hero ape) emotions reach out to you and frighten you and also make you sympathize for him. One moment you want him as your pet, and the next you want to urge James Franco (the scientist who raises Caesar) to get rid of him when you see his menacing eyes as the years grow on him.
Fortunately, the movie doesn’t have any gory scenes of apes stamping and crushing humans to death. That is a big, big relief after watching a season of ‘Game of Thrones’.
It has not got full 7/7 rating only because of its predictability. There are no twists in the tale; you can easily expect what’s going to come next (apart from the apes’ movements while they attack of course). Download a Blu-ray rip like me, go full volume with a 2.1 like me, and just sit back and enjoy the movie like me.
VERDICT: Watch it with full volume. It might not be an edge-of-the-seat thriller, but the action and sound effects might tip you off your seat every now and then. And of course, the visual effects are simply superb.
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