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Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
A substance designed to help the brain repair is capable of transporting genetic material into the DNA of chimpanzees giving them super intelligence that will eventually threaten the human world.
22 September 1987, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
17 August 1930, Detroit, Michigan, USA
15 May 1963, England, UK
13 September 1979, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
February 28, 2013
Overall, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is intermittently entertaining with a few nice nods to the original series.
August 06, 2011
A well-crafted B movie with astonishingly effective motion capture CGI technology.
August 17, 2011
Distinguishes itself from other ill-conceived reboots in general, and from Tim Burton's disastrous 2001 remake in particular, by looking with fresh, simian eyes at its core conflict between human and primates.
June 23, 2013
Rise of the Planet of the Apes has some life to it as an action film, but every time anyone opens their mouth, man or beast, you'll feel like someone figured out a way to sneak in groundbreaking CGI into your middle schooler's class play.
July 17, 2014
If you're a fan of the series, you'll love it; if you're not a fan it may make you one.
June 14, 2016
With little dialogue but a world of emotion in his face, eyes and body, [Andy Serkis] not only keeps us on our toes but also has us rooting for the apes to trounce humanity.
August 30, 2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is spectacle with a kick: the transcendence of the normal in creatures so like ourselves is both an entertainment and a needling rebuke to human vanity.
July 10, 2014
Save Christopher Nolan's "Batman," no film so brilliantly reinvigorated a franchise more than this, a thrilling opening act that's equally captivating and leaves you anxiously awaiting the next installment.
August 22, 2011
The action scenes (particularly a battle between humans and apes on the Golden Gate Bridge) are inventively spectacular, and the story at the movie's core is evocative and engaging.
August 09, 2011
If this film is remembered, it won't be for its storyline, which reverts to cliché a bit too often as it approaches its climax, but for its eye-popping integration of live-action and movie magic. Just as the geniuses...
June 24, 2013
Caesar [the main ape] is the reason to see this daft, breathless picture.
March 15, 2017
You can tell me all day that this is great, Avatar-like use of animation. I'll even grant the point. But though I was engaged in the first half of the film, this action section left me looking at my watch.