“The best and most groundbreaking film
since Jurassic Park”
There can’t be
a human being alive who isn’t familiar with Planet of the Apes, whether it’s the classic 1968
original starring the late Charlton Heston and the late Roddy McDowall, along with its four sequels and 70’s TV spin-off, or
Tim Burton’s hugely-panned 2001 remake starring Mark Wahlberg and Helena Bonham
Carter, or now Rupert Wyatt/ Matt Reeves’ groundbreaking trilogy. Add to all of that the animated
series, the video games, the graphic novels and all the old-school cosplay that
has populated comic conventions the world over since the dawn of ape, and you
have a franchise that rivals the likes of Star
Wars and Star Trek, but one which
speaks to the audience on a deeper level with its commentary on our society as
well as our treatment of primates not so deep within its subtext.
