Yes, there are cheesy moments, from the hammy dialogue to Caesar’s growling vocals, but honestly? You had us at gorilla vs helicopter. The apeocalypse arrives and because it works emotionally, it’s some of the most satisfying action in recent years. A man and a CGI animal in a meaningful relationship? It throws chimp faeces all over the similar, but infinitely inferior, Mr Popper’s Penguins.īy the time the final act explodes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is so character-driven that you forget the effects are even there. Best of all, Wyatt delivers on the promise of chimpanzee carnage. It’s a shame that Freida Pinto’s love interest is so unnecessary, but it’s not her fault: the real romance here is between Franco and his furry best friend. David Oyelowo’s brilliant villain is fun to dislike, and Brian Cox and Tom Felton are just plain evil, but Franco’s concern for his suffering father (Lithgow) keeps us hooked. (It’s a wonder we don’t use CGI apes more often.) And yet we still feel sympathy for the humans, even as Caesar’s life is torn to shreds. Expertly animated, he’s the most engaging thing in the movie.
What’s impressive is just how real Andy Serkis’ mo-cap chimp, Caesar, feels. The moving second act is almost like watching a documentary – the similarity with Project Nim is a testament to how much director Rupert Wyatt gets right (someone give that man a banana). Will walks his ape through the park, takes him to the zoo, and occasionally tells him off for assaulting the neighbours. What follows is an hour of slow-paced human-ape bonding, and those 60 minutes turn Rise of the Planet of the Apes from a big, hairy blockbuster into a superb, small-scale drama. But after a drugged-up, angry ape rises against a boardroom window, Franco ends up stuck at home raising a baby chimp by himself. He’s about to cure Alzheimer’s, if his boss (Oyelowo) will let him test his drug on humans. It all starts off with scientist Will (Franco) testing his magic drug on chimps. Bridges! Crayons! Horses! Helicopters! There’s nothing they won’t rise against. It’s Deep Blue Sea, but with actual characters instead of sharks – if by characters, you mean apes. But Rupert Wyatt’s prequel/reboot is even better than that.
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Watch Rise of the Planet of the Apes online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Rakuten TV / Google PlayĪnimals getting smart and taking over the planet? It’s easy to look at Rise of the Planet of the Apes and think “Deep Blue Sea”. Cast: James Franco, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow, David Oyelowo
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