REVIEW #355 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he knows about the past.

The fourth film in the modern apes franchise did not disappoint, with a brand new set of characters to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Caesar! Visually the film is super impressive, with wonderful landscapes that illustrate just how far this version of earth has come, with nature reclaiming almost everything in sight and just a small reminiscence of human civilisation left. Noa is the central protagonist, played by Owen Teague and it was always going to be hard to create one as good as Caesar, an impossible job, but Owen has done well to bring to life a character the audience can get just as invested in. The story was easy to follow, it did leave me with a couple of questions, especially around Freya Allen’s character Mae. But the ending suggests we may get some answers in the next instalment so I’ll leave it at that for now! Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was great to experience in IMAX with a wonderful score by composer John Paesano, it made that final climax absolutely electric!  

Overall (8.3/10)

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Callan