Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014) 6/10

Starring : Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell
Director : Matt Reeves
Running Time : 131 mins

Ten years have passed since a pandemic has wiped out much of mankind and a nation of genetically evolved apes find themselves under threat from the human survivors. Following an alliance of sorts, the apes soon turn on the humans when Cesar (Serkis) is shot, but was it by man... or ape?

I was rather concerned when this started off like one of the terrible Ewok movies of the eighties, with apes milling around and us, the viewers, expected to fill in the gaps of narrative. After about an hour things get going, but the move from simple storytelling to all-out action is something of a huge jump, and it almost feels like there was a change in director half way through the movie, Fans of Rise Of The Planet Of The paes will undoubtedly be disappointed at this basic sequel with little or no character to speak of, but if you like Michael Bay style action then at the very least check out the final hour.

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