This is the fourth film in the reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise. It
takes place many generations after the events of
"War for the Planet of the Apes". According to the director, it's 200 years later, but that isn't obvious
from the film itself. Humans are rarely seen, because the apes kill them on
sight. The apes have now separated into different tribes. We see a tribe that
calls itself the eagle tribe, because they train eagles as partners. The young
ape Noah is the son of his tribe's leader. Together with two friends they
climb to eagle nests to steal eggs, one each, for a ceremony called the
bonding. This seems to be a coming of age ceremony. Each ape must find an egg,
and when the eagle is born it becomes his own personal eagle.
There isn't peace among the apes. Another tribe is warlike and intends to
conquer all other tribes to unite them. Most of the eagle tribe is captured
and led away as prisoners. Only Noah escapes. He sets out to find his tribe
and free his father. On the way he meets an orangutan called Raka and a lone
woman called Nova. Where does she come from? When he finds out that she can
speak, he realises that she's keeping secrets.
This film is slower moving than the previous films. Yes, there are scenes of
violence, but mostly the film is thoughtful, showing the consequences of the
new world and how the apes are managing to deal with it now that Caesar has
gone. It's difficult for me to judge the film, because it's so different.
It's a film I need to watch again as soon as possible.
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