Citizen Kong

Rating: Null/10 (17 September 2011)

And, It's terrific! RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is a very good action film that is good science fiction and not science preposterous. Emotionally engaging and with a constant wow-factor and an excellent use of CGI, the result is a major new franchise of intelligent APE movies (hopefully with James Franco) and a sequel run that is as well though and planned as this. I had no idea it would be this good. Others on this site will tell you the story and salivate accordingly over various actors and details, but the ultimate factor that sets this new film above the years CGI action output is that this film has a strong heart and a very plausible storyline. Scenes of Apes amok in San Fran are a major jolt, only lurching into silliness occasionally (Gorilla vs helicopter). I saw it in a digital presentation on a huge screen in a good cinema with excellent sound, and I hope you do too.