Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Blu-ray) PG-13
One last chance for peace.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: May 9, 2017
- Originally Released: 2014
- Label: 20th Century Fox
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Jason Clarke, Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell & Kodi Smit-McPhee | |
| Performer: | Kirk Acevedo & Judy Greer | |
| Directed by | Matt Reeves | |
| Edited by | William Hoy & Stan Salfas | |
| Screenwriting by | Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver & Mark Bomback | |
| Composition by | Michael Giacchino | |
| Director of Photography: | Michael Seresin |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 4/5 --
[Dawn of the Planet of the Apes] is a text book example of how to stay true to the basic genetic code of a movie while also letting it evolve into a different, altogether more sophisticated beast.
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Times (UK)
Rating: 4/5 --
The result is a powerful, well-structured yet slightly biased sequel that further justifies the Planet of the Apes reboot or at least the origins of the franchise.
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Flick Feast
It’s a satisfying movie and an example -- a dispiritingly rare one these days -- of what mainstream Hollywood filmmaking can still achieve.
New York Times
The one truly great performance belongs to Andy Serkis, whose Caesar is his most soulful motion-capture creation yet. -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly
It apes it in terms of engaging and emotional entertainment courtesy of a tight script, jaw-dropping visuals and superb performances, most especially from Andy Serkis.
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Times of Malta
Rating: B+ --
The most important thing is this: although these Apes have ditched some of the trippier elements, they have retained the social awareness and have infused summer spectacle with humanistic moralizing.
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The Reader (Omaha, NE)
3.5 stars out of 4 -- An exciting and engrossing blockbuster with weighty themes, it raises important moral questions as it keeps viewers riveted.
USA Today
Product Description:
A war begins to brew between man and ape in this sequel to the 2011 hit RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. It's been ten years since the Simian Flu wiped out most of humanity, and somewhere deep in the woods outside of San Francisco, Caesar (voice and performance capture by Andy Serkis) and his primate companions have established a thriving village built on the principles of peace and community. Shortly after welcoming a baby brother into the family, Caesar's son Blue Eyes (Nick Thurston) is walking through the forest with his friend Ash (Doc Shaw) when they cross paths with a human named Carver (Kirk Acevedo), who impulsively draws his gun and shoots Ash at the first sign of aggression. As it turns out, Carver is part of a human expedition led by Malcolm (Jason Clarke), who, along with the rest of his crew, races to Carver's side just as Caesar and the rest of the apes answer Blue Eyes' desperate call for help. An enraged Caesar drives the humans away after realizing they are no longer a threat, and decides to dispatch a small crew to follow them rather than yield to the pleas of his aggressive advisor Koba (Toby Kebbell) to launch an all-out attack. Instead, he decides to show the apes' strength by amassing outside of the humans' makeshift community at the base of an unfinished tower, making it unmistakably clear that the two species should remain apart.
Meanwhile, the point of the human excursion was to get a dormant dam running again in order to power their community, which will soon be thrust into darkness should they fail to take action. Convinced that he could strike a truce with Caesar that would allow the humans to repair the dam, which is located on the apes' land, Malcolm gets permission from human leader Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) to set out on his mission. Incredibly, thanks to the help of his girlfriend Ellie (Keri Russell), his son Alexander (Kodi Smit-McPhee), and a few other key allies, Malcolm succeeds. Still, his truce with the apes is a fragile one, and just when it seems that the primates and humans have learned to coexist in peace, a shocking act of betrayal threatens to spark a war that will determine the dominant species.
Meanwhile, the point of the human excursion was to get a dormant dam running again in order to power their community, which will soon be thrust into darkness should they fail to take action. Convinced that he could strike a truce with Caesar that would allow the humans to repair the dam, which is located on the apes' land, Malcolm gets permission from human leader Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) to set out on his mission. Incredibly, thanks to the help of his girlfriend Ellie (Keri Russell), his son Alexander (Kodi Smit-McPhee), and a few other key allies, Malcolm succeeds. Still, his truce with the apes is a fragile one, and just when it seems that the primates and humans have learned to coexist in peace, a shocking act of betrayal threatens to spark a war that will determine the dominant species.
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