For a series with a goofy premise — what if talking apes overthrew humanity — the “Planet of the Apes” universe is uncommonly thoughtful, even insightful.
Those later virus-ridden installments, a trilogy released between 2011 and 2017, are among the series’ best, and well worth revisiting.
The newest film, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” picks up exactly where that trilogy left off: with the death of Caesar, the ultrasmart chimpanzee who has led the apes away from what’s left of humanity and into a paradise.
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” directed by Wes Ball from a screenplay by Josh Friedman, leaps forward almost immediately by “many generations” (years matter less in this post-human world), and the inevitable has happened.
The apes have fractured into tribes, while Caesar has passed from historical figure to mythic one, a figure venerated by some and forgotten by most.
Persons:
—, ”, Caesar, what’s, Moses, ” Caesar, Wes Ball, Josh Friedman
Locations:
“ Kingdom