- Title: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
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Set hundreds of years after the events of the previous films, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes introduces a new protagonist to kick off a new trio of films which tease the return of humanity into the world as well. Noa (Owen Teague) encounters a rare smart human named Mae (Freya Allan) leading to a larger story for the upcoming sequels about the rise of humanity, although the conflict of this film will be more ape vs. ape with Noa standing up the the despot Proximus (Kevin Durand) who has destroyed Noa’s home and abducted his clan to further his own ambition of unearthing and unlocking secrets of human technology.
The film is well made with some great-looking CGI characters. That said, the larger story that is teased about humanity coming out of the shadows is far more interesting than the ape on ape violence we get in Kingdom. Referencing, but separate, from all the movies before it, the film asks audiences to buy back into another three movies which is a pretty hefty ask that I don’t think it fully succeeds in doing, but Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes does deliver a solid enough dystopian sci-fi flick for fans of the franchise.
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