Synopsis
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
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Cast
- Andy SerkisCaesar
- Jason ClarkeMalcolm
- Gary OldmanDreyfus
- Keri RussellEllie
- Toby KebbellKoba
- Kodi Smit-McPheeAlexander
- Judy GreerCornelia
- Nick ThurstonBlue Eyes
- Terry NotaryRocket
- Karin KonovalMaurice
Recommendations
- 100
Hitfix
"Dawn" is not just a good genre movie or a good summer movie. It's a great science-fiction film, full-stop, and one of the year's very best movies so far. - 100
The Hollywood Reporter
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes manages to do at least three things exceptionally well that are hard enough to pull off individually: Maintain a simmering level of tension without let-up for two hours, seriously improve on a very good first entry in a franchise and produce a powerful humanistic statement using a significantly simian cast of characters. - 100
Variety
An altogether smashing sequel to 2011′s better-than-expected “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” this vivid, violent extension of humanoid ape Caesar’s troubled quest for independence bests its predecessor in nearly every technical and conceptual department. - 80
The Telegraph
There's evident patience and intelligence to the filmmaking all over, as well as an engagement with genuine ideas about diplomacy, deterrence, law and leadership. However often it risks monkey-mad silliness, it's impressively un-stupid. - 80
The Guardian
Just as 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes surpassed expectations, so this sequel delivers on its promise and leaves us wanting more – which we'll almost certainly get. - 80
Time Out London
It may lack its predecessor’s lofty ambitions, but once the bullets, spears and hairy fists start flying you’ll be too wrapped up to care. - 80
Total Film
Not quite the intimate parable of the first movie nor a balls-to-the-wall battlefield extravaganza, Dawn is pitched somewhere in the middle, with much of its two hour-plus running time powered by the simmering, expertly sustained tension both between and within the two species. - 80
Village Voice
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a much better and far less silly movie than its predecessor.
