...drills into character and culture to ground its story, and has a bit where two apes on horses reenact A Knight’s Tale.

This is a different Planet of the Apes, but it still feels like it fits in with what came before.

...most impressive are the motion capture performances, which are among the finest I have seen. It’s a thrilling addition to a franchise that swings from strength to strength.

Noa may not be Caesar's heir as leader of the apes, but he definitely walks in his footsteps as a worthy protagonist in the latest iteration of this ever-intriguing sci-fi classic.

...possesses enough of its own intriguing trajectory for Ball’s new stab at the franchise to have the opportunity to grow into its own singular new strand within the Apes canon.

Effekterna må vara helt fantastiska, men det är framförallt ett sci-fi-äventyr med både en hjärna och ett hjärta.