and this is just the start?

Rating: Null/10 (31 August 2011)

I just saw the "Apes" again with Mark Wahlberg and did not know what to expect from this one. It tells the story before all the "Planet of... etc."-films and they could not have done a better job!!!!
James Franco is an involved scientist to find a cure against Alzheimer, mainly to help his father with this. When he and his team discover that one of their test-chimpanzees show promising results the people with money are invited to get the example for where they donate their money for. The whole show is a total disaster, the monkey gets at the end killed and he almost loses his job. Al test-chimps must be killed, but apparently the test-chimp had a baby, and Franco takes him home to complete his research and finally he rediscovers the cure.
His father is rapidly cured and he starts to live his life he was doing before his dementia. The little baby-chimp is now a big chimpanzee, but as a side-effect of the test-drugs his brains grows like a smart human. But he gets too smart and here the seed is sown for the ape to turn against his "father".
When an incident with the neighbors runs out of hand, custody of his "child" is taken by the authorities and the chimp has to go to a chimpanzee-farm. The strong bond between Franco and the chimp is fading away. And after a long period of loneliness the chimpanzee takes life into his own hands. He escapes his prison and goes home, not to return, but to get the medicines. Back in the chimp-farm all the apes are "treated" and escape to bring mayhem to the world...
For the first time since years I had the feeling that I have when I watched Star Wars or Indiana Jones. It's a great story and the special effects or cgi is so clever. Unfortunately there had to be an ending of this movie, that is the weakest part, but okay, after 1 1/2 hour it's alright!