Heart wrenching, character driven apes on horses running from explosions with a plot resembling The Godfather in familiarity... A must see and definitely a movie I will watch over and over... A brilliantly-realized successor to a solid franchise reboot, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" shows what can be done when a talented director with a strong script and cast creates a summer blockbuster that doesn't feel the need to dumb itself down in order to succeed. The film has a number of epic setpieces including a colossal battle sequence, but unlike the previous movie, it doesn't leave things as a cliffhanger for another movie despite the fact that a third film is already being planned. Here's hoping they're able to create one of those rare infallible trilogies that never falters, like "The Lord of the Rings" or the original "Star Wars" trilogy. (We predict the third movie will either revive the title "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" or go with "War of the Planet of the Apes," because that's really the only way the story can go from here. Definitely worth the price of admission and more.
Review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
