War for the Planet of the Apes Film Review

Finished watching War for the Planet of the Apes, directed by Matt Reeves and starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer and Max Lloyd-Jones. The film opens with a group of soldiers getting into a battle with a group of apes where the humans soon discover that they are extremely out numbered. Once  the battle is over Caesar(Andy Serkis) comes to meet with the apes and the remaining soldiers who survived the battle as Caesar put the soldiers onto horses to go back home to their Colonel (Woody Harrelson) as a sign of mercy by Caesar before returning home to his family. After spending the night with his wife, Cornelia (Judy Greer) and kids when Caesar notices a group of soldiers have come to assassinate Caesar only for him to miss being killed by the shooter as Caesar finds his oldest son, Blue Eyes (Max Lloyd-Jones) and wife dead. This leads to Caesar to go his own way in order to get revenge for the death of his family while the rest of his tribe head in the other direction in search for a new home. Overall this was an amazing film as the continues the franchise and ends by almost lining up to the original film while also making itself very assessable to people who not see all of the previous films. There is some amazing character development and insight to the film's cast which makes Caesar and his tribe feel very human is the way they interact with one another and the journey they go on. The CGI of the apes and action scenes are amazing with how the whole film looks and feels very realistic which helps to make all the emotions are relatable and understandable. 9/10.