Review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) by Wiebke K — 01 Feb 2015

"Dawn" revisits the age-old tale of how we treat those that we "think" are different from us.

If Man was made in the image of God, then the Apes of "Dawn" emulate the Humans who have scarred and.

Maimed them in their (the humans) quest to develop a new drug. In fact, how the native Ape language came to be.

Hand signs is revealed as being sourced from the Humans long ago. As "Dawn" unfolds we see a crazed example of balance in.

Nature where every action has an equal an opposite reaction. An Ape family, which, in the beginning was.

Perfectly balanced and strong suddenly enters a state of collapse (as if it is switching position with the.

Left-over humans who, heretofore, were the ones living in a state of chaos). Like a strange brand of contagion.

One group that had been in dire straits now celebrates newfound hope and the Apes begin to fall into disarray.

As they begin a violent assault against the Humans that had wronged them 10 years earlier. In the end, "Dawn".

Represents a point in time where a race to coalesce good forces against evil will determine the fate of.

All major life on Earth. Matt Reeves does a reasonable job of directing "Dawn" and.

While this film is aesthetically pleasing and always hints at anti-Darwinism,.

It underscores the inherent violence that permeates the human race and anything.

That humans touch. The land of the apes is a lush, beautiful place where daily tasks.

Are meant only to provide survival of the family and sustenance for the home. This.

Environment is contrasted early on by the impoverished.

Surroundings that the humans take up residence in. While the Simian population comes across.

As intelligent, cohesive, and vibrant, the struggling human population finds itself on the.

Brink of extinction, functions chaotically, and reacts rather than acting rationally. This film immediately grips the viewer. The dire straits of the remaining population is.

Immediately grasped. The Apes live in the heart of a land where humans are in search of.

Resources that can save them, but murder has stepped in and created an immediate rift between.

The two groups : so now the question is how the humans can take control without dying in the process,.

Because the Apes do plan to kill them if they should ever trespass into their world again. Like a foolish teenager in a slasher horror flick, the humans are just too hard-headed to.

Keep away. Venturing into the forbidden zone again, the Apes discover their trespass and.

Hilarity ensues (if you want to call it that). The pain of the Apes' past dealings with humans (and the human fear of the Apes) is palpable.

But at the same time displays fright and amazement in single moment are apparent. The humans.

Realize that things don't always fit into a neat little box in life. After all, these Apes can.

Talk. It's clear to see why the Apes want nothing to do with the presumptuous attitude of many.

Of these left-over humans; and while the hope of viewers is that the goodwill can overcome the.

Omnipresent ignorance of these left-overs, it seems almost certain that it won't.

From the start the humans are always first to threaten, first to kill, and were the root of the.

Plague that has nearly destroyed all of humanity and disfigured or killed many Apes. As dissension, mistrust, and human loathing start to tear at the very fabric of the Ape community,.

Caesar's control of his world becomes threatened. Infighting follows as frustations boil over. Still, amidst the factions that are fighting there are small relationships based on friendship and.

Caring that start to bud between some of the humans and Apes, underscoring the reality that.

Even in real life there are those who are good and those who are bad and that we have to be deliberate.

In order to differentiate between the two. Some humans and Apes befriend each other. Other Apes covertly return murder in kind to their human.

Adversaries, and the question of which is truly the intelligent race is really never decided.

In the end we never really know who the savage is, who more brutal, or who is more inhumane . . .

Us or them. It's a question that we already should know the answer to. This effort is as good as any other in the series of "Ape" remakes that I've seen.

A good watch with thumbs up 8-).