Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

A serious, almost Shakespearean rise to power for Caesar and the threats to his leadership by vindictive lieutenants makes this a worthy follow up to Rise of the Apes. The motion capture acting, especially by Andy Serkis Andy Serkis and the army of motion capture animators and geniuses, is really impressive, as is the script which focuses on the apes as protagonists, rather than the humans. Certain critical chapters of this were rushed through for time, you can tell, like the “How the Apes learn to Shoot Guns” chapter. But we’ve seen how quick they can learn, so we have too accept a little dramatic license there. Otherwise this is an excellent, entertaining sequel, full of drama, imagination, and great science fiction cautions about mankind’s warring future.