An average movie

Finally, the last movie of this franchise first cycle. Actually, watching those movies went much faster than I expected. Indeed, Nick, my step-son, was completely hooked after the 1st classic installment and so we have been watching all those movies in just a couple of weeks. First of all, you must admit, those guys were pretty productive. Indeed, they managed to make 5 installments in just 6 years. Honestly, I thought the quality would drastically drop following those multiple sequels but I was actually positively surprised, even by this 5th installment. Of course, the whole thing looked pretty cheesy and the characters were rather stereotypical. I mean, there was no much nuances so you had some good men, some bad men, some good apes and some bad apes and not much in between (you could even argue that this flick was actually kind of racist towards gorillas). Still, as usual, they developed some intriguing ideas as you keep following the evolution of this ape civilization. Actually, it is rather funny that ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ (which I haven’t seen yet) was conceived as a prequel since the last 3 movies already functioned as prequels developing the birth and development of those Apes. Anyway, I will find out soon enough. To conclude, even though it was not really mind-blowing whatsoever, it was still a decent sequel and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10