‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Review: A New Battle (and Trilogy) Begins
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apeswas almost a great movie, and you can see the contours of its greatness through the cracks of the good movie that it is, a bit like spotting the buried ruins of the human world beneath the overgrown trees and vines of the film’s ape civilization. This latest Apes — a direct sequel to the previous Planet of the Apes trilogy that also functions as a kind of soft reboot of the concept — starts off slow and takes its time. Instead of the epic planetary battle promised by the title, its scale is intimate; one ape’s personal journey to find his family, and the relati...