A worthy addition to the modern Planet of the Apes movies even though this is the weakest of those four for me. The VFX work for the world centuries after Ceaser is great and I would've only had praises for it if the previous entries weren't so good at it. Here, even though there were many moments where it was impeccable and on the whole it is great, the sheer scale of it seems to have affected perfection throughout the movie as much as it was in the previous entries. The story, themes etc are nothing really new. It's all explored or expected from this franchise. Even the characters don't have the depth the Reeves films had. But despite all that, it's the solid old-school yet modern treatment of the script and direction that makes the movie work so well. There's a familiarity to the drama, its progression, and even the music made it an easy and engrossing watch for me. The references to the original 1968 movie and its sequels were interesting too. I wonder how much of it would be retained in the future. I guess even if they disregard the sequels of the original, they would make it reach the original 1968 movie ending in the future films.
