War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) poster
2017 · sci-fi · action · drama

War for the Planet of the Apes

Directed by Matt Reeves2h 20m2017
ElsewhereIMDb7.4325kRT94%Metacritic82TMDB7.210k
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • extreme
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Sombre, kinetic, extreme sci-fi / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Our read · War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · action · drama entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want mythic ape war with Caesar's moral weight and winter sorrow.

ends bittersweetit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 22attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencesuicide theme

Skip it tonightYou want light sci-fi or cannot sit through two-plus hours.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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