Фильм «Планета обезьян:War ”(2017), whose actors received well-deserved praise from critics and audiences, was filmed by an American film director named Matt Reeves. Its premiere took place in July of this year. The picture is another sci-fi tape based on the novel by French prose writer Pierre Boule.
Film making
Actors for the movie "Planet of the Apes:War ”(2017) was picked up long and carefully. In general, the development of the project began in 2014. It was then that a contract was signed with Matt Reeves about filming the third part. Mark Bombek worked on the script, famous for writing stories to the tapes “Recall All”, “Wolverine: Immortal”, “Planet of the Apes: Revolution”.
A new film title was officially announced.in May 2015. It was then that it became known that the tape would be released as “Planet of the Apes: War”. Release date July 14 of this year in America, a day earlier - in Russia.
Filming
The film “Planet of the Apes: War” (War for the Planet of the Apes) began shooting in October 2015. Work was carried out in Canadian Vancouver.
For five days the group moved to Kananaskis to work on individual scenes. Already in March, the leading actor, Andy Serkis, said that most of the work has now been completed.
The plot of the picture
The tape’s actions begin 15 years after the events of the first part (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) and five years after the second part called the Planet of the Apes: Revolution.
By this time, the US military was activelyFight against the wondrous speed of monkeys getting wiser. They are headed by a chimpanzee Caesar. In the forest, they are attacked by the Alpha Omega group. They have monkeys in the service. Many neglect them called mongrels. They were supporters of Koba, who organized the failed uprising against Caesar, and was destroyed.
During the armed clash of severalmonkeys are captured. Caesar declares to them that it was not he who started the war. All that the monkey leader is now seeking is the safety of his family and his fellow tribesmen. Prisoners say that the squad "Alpha Omega" commanded cruel Colonel.
Caesar imprisons only the Red,freeing the rest. So he seeks to make peace. But Red manages to escape. Not wanting big sacrifices among monkeys, Caesar wants to lead his entourage through the desert.
According to the story "Planet of the Apes:War "on the night before going to the camp penetrates the Colonel. He takes the life of Caesar's wife and his eldest son. By that time, Winter betrays its boss and goes over to the side of Alpha Omega.
Revenge of the Colonel
Caesar decides to retaliate. He is accompanied by several confidants, the rest set off across the desert.
At the Alpha Omega camp, Caesar meets Winter.From him he learns that the Colonel is in a place known as the border. Along the way, they find several enemy soldiers who were shot, it turns out that some of them cannot speak.
An important encounter with the Bad Monkey.This is a smart hermit chimpanzee, who lived in a zoo before the pandemic. He says that the soldiers are in a camp that was converted into a quarantine zone during the first spread of the virus.
At the border point, Luka is killed when hewith his body he covers Caesar from the Alpha Omega patrol. Caesar continues on his own. Soon he is captured, learns that his clan was also captured. Now they are forced to build a wall without water and food.
Colonel demonstrates to Caesar that the virusmutated. Now he makes people lose their speech and sink to the primitive state. The protagonist understands that at the facility the Colonel intends to repel the attack of the American military, who plan to destroy it. After all, he kills all infected people, even his son, preventing the spread of the virus. He declares that he is trying to save humanity.
With the help of the Bad Monkey, Caesar finds a tunnelthrough which orders all to run, and he goes to the Colonel. It turns out that the virus struck him. He commits suicide, not wanting to turn into an animal.
Meanwhile, between the military and Alpha Omega.a battle takes place. Caesar is satisfied with a large-scale explosion that destroys a detachment and allows the military to prevail. However, the victory they are not happy for a long time, they are covered with an avalanche, from which Caesar with other monkeys is saved in the trees.
Survivors of the Caesar Clanset off through the desert to find an oasis. Maurice discovers that Caesar was badly wounded in the battle. He promises that his youngest son will surely know what his father fought for. In the final, Caesar dies.
Andy Serkis
Among the actors, the film “Planet of the Apes: War” (2017) should be highlighted by the leading man, Englishman Andy Serkis. He played Caesar, the leader of the monkeys.
In film and television, he performed more than 30 roles. Glory brought him adventure fantasy fighter Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings", in which he got the image of the hobbit Gollum.
He also played the main roles of Caesar's primate in the previous two parts of this trilogy - “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “Planet of the Apes: Revolution”.
In the space star JJ Abrams opera Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Ryan Johnson's star wars movie The Last Jedi, he plays the supreme leader Snook.
Steve Zahn
Among the actors in the movie "Planet of the Apes: War" are many American celebrities. These include, first of all, the comedian Steve Zahn. The actor in the movie “Planet of the Apes: War” (2017) played the role of a wise assistant to the protagonist nicknamed The Bad Monkey.
Fame Zan earned in the mid-90s,when playing husband Phoebe Buffe named Duncan in the cult TV series "Friends". Success in a big movie brought him the role of Lenny Heiss in the comedy melodrama of Tom Hanks “What You Do”.
In the 2000s, Zana’s popularity continued to grow.He can be recalled from the comedy action movie “National Security” by Dennis Dugan, Steve Carr's family film “Dad's On Duty”, Brek Eisner’s adventure story “Sahara”, and the “figure and the figure. .
Karin Konoval
In the film “Planet of the Apes: War” (2017), the actors and roles that they perform are remembered by many viewers and critics. Most note the work of American actress Karin Konoval, who played Maurice.
Konoval - famous actress serials.In feature films, most often, receives supporting roles. For example, she was noted in the series "The X-Files", "Supernatural". She played in the horror film Uwe Boll “Alone in the Dark”, the youth thriller of Glen Morgan “The Black Christmas”, the science fiction adventure film Paul Dini “The Tower of Knowledge”.
Reviews of the movie
Reviews of the movie "Planet of the Apes:War ”(2017) did mostly positive. Many people liked that the monkeys, which are played by the actors, look alive more than ever. Events are presented in such a realistic way - they get dirty in the snow, get wounds, sincerely sad and smile. Just like real people.
Appreciation and praise deserve almostAll the actors. But especially noted Serkis, who played the role of Caesar. This is a wise and stern leader, ready to even sacrifice himself, for the good of his relatives and fellow tribesmen.
In reviews of the movie “Planet of the Apes:War ”(2017) viewers and critics admit that this is one of the best screen versions of the last few years. This blockbuster managed to go beyond the standard framework. He offered the viewer not only entertainment, but a spectacle that makes one think seriously. For example, about civilization and the place in it of man.
True, there were also negative reviews.But we have to admit that they were a minority. Those who did not like the film noted that the action was very prolonged - the picture lasts more than two hours. The protagonist (Caesar) seemed to some a limp monkey, having the habits of a reflective intellectual. Many scenes are contrived, the miscalculations of the military are so obvious that they seem far-fetched. Because of this, there is a feeling that there is absolutely no logic in the actions of the characters.
