One of the best science fiction film

Rating: 9/10 (17 August 2014)

The story of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is set in present day San Francisco. Scientist Will Rodman (James Franco) leads a medical laboratory team attempting to cure Alzheimer's disease, which involves experimentation on apes. This process leads to increased intelligence in the primate test subjects and triggers a series of events that leads to a confrontation between humans and apes.
This movie is another installment from the "Planet of the Apes" franchise. Apart from Christopher Nolan's "Batman" trilogy, no film has managed to reinvigorate a franchise more than this film. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is a well-crafted movie with astonishingly effective motion capture CGI technology that convincingly captures the ape-human rumble.
The story of the film is engaging and the action sequences (particularly the climactic face-off between humans and apes on the Golden Gate Bridge featuring hundreds of life-like apes) are spectacular. The background score adds to the thrill of the movie. Caesar (the main ape) emerges as the main reason to watch this film. You feel his rage, fear and innocence through his wonderfully animated expressions and body language. Despite being a sci-fi movie, the film focuses more on the story than the spectacle and effectively showcases the interaction between the humans and the apes. The movie also poses ethical and moral questions which is an interesting aspect of the plot.
Though the film also contains certain loopholes - the pace is a bit quick and because of this some characters are left underdeveloped - but overall, it is an entertaining and an engaging film that has plenty of mouth-agape moments and is a worthy addition to the franchise. If you are a fan of the series, you'll love it and if you are not a fan then it would make you one.