This figure, with his shaved head, camouflage face paint, and shall we say less-than-Regular Army methods calls back to Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now, although Reeves is self-aware enough to have some fun with such direct parallels at one point, the camera holds on a patch of graffiti that reads “Ape-ocalypse Now.” With subtle hints of levity like that one, War manages to soften its dark undercurrents in a way that Dawn couldn’t. Two years have passed since the momentous events that plunged the apes into war with the humans, despite Caesar’s best efforts to avoid it, and now he and his followers have found themselves in a pitched battle with an army led by Woody Harrelson’s character, known only as The Colonel. Fortunately, Dawn director Matt Reeves has returned along with Dawn writer Mark Bomback to craft the further adventures of Andy Serkis’ Caesar. But as recent effects-driven duds prove, none of that matters if the audience doesn’t care about the story and its players.
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