Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Reviews

Since there was a nice open-ending in the previous installment, it was pretty obvious where this sequel would go. And, indeed, it takes place 20 years later, Cesar (the same Cesar who will show up in 'Rise...'?) is now a grown ape and apes have become slaves like predicted in the previous movie. Honestly, it was pretty lame that the whole thing exactly happened like they were told. I mean, at this point, the humans knew what would happen but, still, they didn't change their plan. Still, in spite of its flaws, it was the best sequel (that I have seen so far). Indeed, you witness here the birth of Evil which was rather intriguing. Indeed, even though Cesar is the main character, he was not exactly a good guy and that was pretty cool. It was rather weird though to see Cesar making a speech at the end about the apes ruling the world and, suddenly, he adds, more or less out of the blue, that the humans will be treated mercifully. Apparently, the second part of the speech was added after the film's completion because the original ending was deemed too bleak. Another thing that bothered me a little bit is that every sequel is shorter than the previous one, this one barely lasted 80 minutes and, as a result,the characters were barely developed. Apparently, the whole thing was originally much more violent so they cut many scenes. Still, in spite of its flaws, it was a decent sequel and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.