entertaining sci-fi ape movie

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2012)

I liked this movie and thought it was a decent story. I also liked the special effects and am not sure what some are complaining about with those. For the most part, the chimps looked realistic and had facial expressions.
Franco plays Will, a scientist working on a cure for Alheimzer's, which his dad has. He has a drug he wants to try on humans, but a chimp goes crazy and his drug is discarded by the company. But, Will takes home a baby chimp whose mother had the drug in her system. The chimp, Ceaser, proves to be exceptionally smart, but attacks someone so is sent away. Meanwhile, Will uses the drug on his dad and sees great results in the beginning. Ceaser sees a way to get all the chimps to follow him and releases the drug. Soon , he has a gang of smart chimps and they escape and cause a mess. And we see how the chimps will rise because the new drug Will was working on, is deadly on humans.
FINAL VERDICT: It was good and a fun popcorn flick.