The fantastic “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” which comes seven years after the last movie, “War for the Planet of the Apes,” continues this damn dirty science-fiction franchise’s reign as one of the best out there.
Fifty-five years, 10 films and two TV shows later, “Planet of the Apes” is, somehow, still as breathtaking as the first time we met Cornelius and Zira.
The fantastic “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” which comes seven years after the last movie, “War for the Planet of the Apes,” continues this damn dirty science-fiction franchise’s reign as one of the best out there.
Directed with visual splendor by Wes Ball, the meaty film’s combo of flawless zoological effects (unlike this year’s inferior primate picture “Godzilla x Kong”), superbly crafted characters and a timeless story of emerging civilization and the fight for survival is remarkably riveting for what sets the groundwork of a whole new trilogy.
This enduring series proves that, when handled properly, you just can’t beat talking monkeys.
And yap, they do. “Kingdom,” thank God, marks the first entry in the reboot-prequel-whatever-this-is series to actually take place on the futuristic earth populated by super-intelligent chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans that we loved from the old Roddy McDowall films.
