What’s it rated? PG-13
What’s it worth? Matinee
Where’s it showing? Park, Sunset Drive-In, Galaxy
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Matt Reeves (The Pallbearer, Cloverfield, Let Me In) directs and co-writes with Mark Bomback (Live Free or Die Hard, The Wolverine) this third film in the rebooted series that is preceded by Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). Commencing about two years after the events of Dawn, Caesar’s (Andy Serkis) clan of apes is at war with a human military faction called Alpha-Omega led by a ruthless commander known as the Colonel (Woody Harrelson). The survival of each species is at stake. (140 min.) Δ
—Glen Starkey
This article appears in Aug 10-20, 2017.