Brief History of Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 2011
The latest movie in the franchise, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a reboot of the original and is set in modern-day San Francisco. It's an origins story that offers an explanation of how the apes developed their superior intelligence in the first place: through animal testing gone awry. The film's star is the chimp Caesar, played by Andy Serkis (with the help of CGI technology), whose advanced brainpower is the result of the testing of Alzheimer's drugs. Once Caesar grasps the gravity of his intellect — and the human cruelty that has alienated him — he revolts, but not before taking a few chimps with him.

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