When the story of Planet of the Apes hit theaters in 1968, humanity’s panic was an Atomic World War, which would eliminate life on Earth. Therefore, imagining that astronauts sent to colonize another planet go to a place where men are treated like animals, enslaved and dominated by monkeys replicating our reality, was a nightmare from which Charlton Heston desperately tries to escape, only to discover in that iconic ending that he He’s on Earth, he’s just traveled through time.

The film was continued, and became a TV series, but lost relevance until it fell into oblivion. Not even Tim Burton‘s remake in 2001 rescued its prestige. What changed was the advancement of technology, used brilliantly in Origin of the Planet of the Apes, where the entire story was reinvented and, now with the perfect technology to give realism to the story, we had an inspired Andy Serkis giving us a great Caesar.

He was the chimpanzee who had increased intelligence in a laboratory, was raised by a human, and turned into a leader of the ape revolution, a complex character whose arc came to an end in the film War for the Planet of the Apes. The new feature, Planet of the Apes, begins almost 300 years after the 2017 film, when most of humanity was wiped out by the original simian flu, and those who survived are primitive, no longer the planet’s dominant species.

Now the tyrant Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand) leads an oppressive reign for both apes and humans, something that young Noa (Owen Teague) questions and faces to save his clan. His choice will define the future of everyone on Earth.

Noa meets and ends up involuntarily connecting with the human Nova (Freya Allan), who is more intelligent than the rest and therefore the target of Proximus’s wrath. The new emperor is obsessed with learning the technology, history, and communications developed by humans, only to destroy and dominate them once and for all. Nova is the key to everything.

As good as everyone’s performances are, Andy Serkis is missed. The adventure is tied up, and there are many Easter eggs for fans of the franchise, including an entire chase sequence straight out of the 1968 film. The need for humans and apes to find a peaceful coexistence does not unite them as we hope, and, as is already traditional in Planet of the Apes, the last scene is revealing.

Planet of the Apes: Reign does not disappoint and opens the door for a strong sequel. I for one want to know how it continues!

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