Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Full Movie Download

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier.

Director:

 Matt Reeves

Writers:

 Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa.

Stars:

 Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis.

Storyline

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.

Down of the Planet of the Apes Movie Reviews

It was many years ago that I saw Charlton Heston in the original 'Planet of the Apes' (1967). I finished the film stunned by the ideas in it. Now there is a new film; 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes', to add to the now lengthy canon of PotA-ape films.

Looking forward to seeing this new 'Dawn of the PotA', this reviewer was pleased that two days ago there was a TV screening of 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' (2011). This fitted in well with my cinema choice because 'Dawn of the PotA' follows on from 'Rise of the PotA' chronologically.

'Rise of the PotA' (2011) was set in the year 2016. It told the story of how drug-tests created super-smart apes, who became self-aware, and then escaped captivity, to take shelter in the woods outside San Francisco. The film ended with them free and an outbreak of Simian Flu being spread around the world. The film did it's best to stay with the original story, though it did refine and update it, whilst still being true to the original spirit and paying homage to it too.

The new film 'Dawn of the PotA' follows in those footsteps too. 'Rise' ended with the spread of the flu. 'Dawn', like it's predecessor, starts with the iconic '20th Century Fox' and the opening credits, showing at the same time the spread of the flu. This is done well and convincingly. Film then moves forward. It is set in the year 2026, thus 10 years after the other one.

The apes have been living in freedom, without any human contact, and their own society has developed. However a human is encountered, one of a group. Human society has survived. Now apes and humans must deal with the reality of their shared existence.

'Dawn' spends time with both the ape and human societies. We see family bonds and politics in both societies. We see mutual distrust, and the decisions, and mistakes, as the two groups try to develop a position on future relations. Ultimately, this boils down to having to decide to fight or live in peace. Can the participants in the struggle put the past behind them, and develop a new way of thinking, or will they be burdened and enslaved by that past? Charlton Heston, who appeared in the original 'Planet of the Apes' (1967), also campaigned for civil-rights, and this of course was a major theme of that original film. This theme is also there in the modern 'PotA' films. Self-awareness is also an SF staple, be it in books or films. Earlier this year, there were two films that developed that theme in computers; 'Her' and 'Transcendence'. SF writer Isaac Asimov also tackled it in his robot books. These and other major issues are tackled in 'Rise' and 'Dawn'. Both are thought-provoking films, especially 'Dawn'. Like the older films, it tackles questions, or at least asks the questions, that we also ask and decide on, in our own present-day existence. Decisions on war and peace, honour and dishonour, loyalty and rebellion and revolution, lies and propaganda and truth. All are faced in this film by the apes and humans. As they are faced too by us in real-life.

Whilst this is a serious and thought-provoking film it is also an exciting one too. The story moves along at a pace. The human survivors living in their post-apocalypse world are familiar to us who have seen similar 'Survivors'-type films or TV series. These scenes are filmed well, as are the scenes of the apes. There are many fight scenes, some small-scale, some large. The fighting is bloody, exciting, realistic and violent.

This film, which I saw in 3D, is classed in the UK as 12A, thus it could be described as a film for family viewing. However the above description of the violence means that the 12 category should be adhered to. There are many scenes of apes using sign-language, and in those, subtitles are provided for us the audience. If a child is so young that it cannot read the subtitles, then leave it at home, so it does not disturb adults with it's frequent questions.

'Dawn' is a well written, produced and directed film. The cast too should be commended. Despite it's 12A rating, this SF film is grim and gritty. This, and the thought-provoking ideas, make this a surprisingly adult film. As such then, this is a very worthy film to add to the very best of the 'PotA' canon.