“War for the Planet of the Apes” was playing at the time at Le Colisée and Agora cinemas in La Marsa. Our reviewer was unequivocal: this Hollywood science-fiction adventure, the third instalment of the trilogy relaunched in 2011 and directed by Matt Reeves, delivered on every promise. Spectacular, stunning, and not to be missed.
A film as ambitious as it is original
Hollywood had not handed us anything this ambitious or this original in a good while. The film runs 2h20 and feels like 1h30, so entertaining is it, so tightly does it hold you.
The new “Planet of the Apes” trilogy, which “War” closes, rereads the novel published in 1963 by the French writer Pierre Boulle — one of many novels that have inspired great films. In 2011, producers set out to dust off what had become a myth: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” were huge hits. Matt Reeves’s new chapter keeps the run going, to the audience’s delight.
Caesar and the apes against humanity: entertainment guaranteed
In this chapter, Caesar and the apes come up against a bloodthirsty human colonel — played superbly by Woody Harrelson — at the head of an army bent on wiping them out. The outcome will decide the fate of each species, and the future of the planet itself.
The film is full of scenes worth keeping, and it leaves plenty to think about: as the apes grow more intelligent, human beings begin to slip backwards. They lose speech and turn, little by little, into cattle. The idea echoes Luc Besson’s first film, “Le Dernier Combat”, in which deaf and mute humans fight in a world laid waste by nuclear winter. Action, adventure, an epic score and impressive effects: at the time, a film to see without delay.
