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Name: War for the Planet of the Apes
Director: Matt Reeves
Genre: drama, science-fiction, war
Released: 2017
Duration: 2 h 20 min
Rating: 7.4

War for the Planet of the Apes has an iRankMovies score of 80.7/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

For freedom. For family. For the planet.

Release:2017

Runtime:2h 20m

Country:United States

Director:Matt Reeves

Language:English

Genre

DramaScience FictionWar

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Keywords

SuicideCivil WarEscapeWinterMutationPeaceSolidarityGorilla

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War for the Planet of the Apes rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 325K votes

Rotten Tomatoes94%

Metacritic82%

TMDb7.217/10· 10K votes

With 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 82/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About War for the Planet of the Apes

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Cast of War for the Planet of the Apes

Andy Serkis
as Caesar
Woody Harrelson
as The Colonel
Karin Konoval
as Maurice
Terry Notary
as Rocket
Steve Zahn
as Bad Ape
Amiah Miller
as Nova
Ty Olsson
as Red Donkey
Michael Adamthwaite
as Luca
Toby Kebbell
as Koba
Gabriel Chavarria
as Preacher
Sara Canning
as Lake
Judy Greer
as Cornelia

War for the Planet of the Apes facts

Budget: $150M
Box office: $490.7M
Collection: Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection

Our take on War for the Planet of the Apes

Matt Reeves's 2017 drama-science-fiction-war film brings the rebooted ape saga to a somber climax. Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with a human army led by a ruthless Colonel, and after suffering unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his own darker instincts and sets out on a mythic quest for vengeance. When leader and Colonel finally meet, their confrontation becomes an epic battle that will decide the fate of both species and the planet's future. It suits viewers who want their blockbuster science fiction weighted with moral gravity and character depth rather than spectacle alone. If you value emotionally serious, war-tinged genre cinema, this is a powerful, elegiac payoff.

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