A Movie Quest: # 10 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
January 16th 2012 16:22
Rise of the Planet of the Apes was the tenth movie on my quest.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 American science fiction drama film directed by Rupert Wyatt, starring James Franco and Andy Serkis. It is a reboot of the Planet of the Apes series, intended to act as a foundation with its own origin story for a new film series
Plot:
Will Rodman (James Franco) is a scientist at biotechnology company Gen-Sys who has been trying to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease and is testing a new gene therapy drug on chimpanzees. The drug, a modified virus, mutates the chimpanzees, giving them a human level of intelligence. A female chimp who believes her baby is being threatened goes on a rampage and is shot by security guards. Will's boss Steven Jacobs (David Oyelowo) subsequently orders chimp handler Robert Franklin (Tyler Labine) to euthanize the remaining test chimpanzees. Franklin cannot bring himself to kill the baby chimp and instead gives him to Will, who takes him home to raise.He raises higher and higher every day.
Boxoffice:
Release date(s) August 5, 2011
Running time 105 minutes
Country United States
Language English
American Sign Language
Budget $93 million
Box office $481,282,802
DVD:
To be very honest didn't care for this movie that much. Not that they movie was bad but wanted a little more action i guess. I will watch the sequel to see where they take the story.
Rating: 5.5 out of 10
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