Apes are the cure with a vengeance.

Rating: 7/10 (15 November 2011)

Making a new "Planet of the Apes"-film is not a bad idea, as the fact goes the only good one is still the 1968 original. Now in 2011 the data technology has raised the bars for special effects, and so the apes look really good in this, the seventh installment in the franchise. There are numerous good scenes, especially the ones involving James Franco and John Lithgow, and off course some of the nifty treatment given to the apes when they're captaining the film. At certain times there seems to be a animal rights movement behind the film, but it does neither add or subtract anything from what is essentially a popcorn flick. The climax on The Golden Gate may not be all that spectacular, but it's good. Sadly I was disappointed throughout the film to see Freida Pinto's character so uninvolved and pointless, and the same goes with Brian Cox' character. But at the end of the day, it scores its highest points on being quite emotional as Franco's relationship with Ceasar (The Ape) evolves in different directions.