Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

PG-13

Released Jul 11, 2014

2h 10m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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Ten years after simian flu wiped out much of the world's homosapiens, genetically enhanced chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his ever-growing band of followers have established a thriving colony just outside San Francisco in Muir Woods. Meanwhile, a small band of human survivors emerges, which forces Caesar -- as leader -- to grapple with the dual challenge of protecting his people and re-establishing a relationship with the remaining human population -- the latter being Caesar's secret wish.

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Critics Consensus

With intelligence and emotional resonance to match its stunning special effects, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes expands on its predecessor with an exciting and ambitious burst of sci-fi achievement.

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Shadow and Act Staff

Shadow and Act

The fact that “Dawn of The Planet of The Apes” is a summer tent-pole with a brain and a conscience shouldn’t be this refreshing...

Sep 14, 2022

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is still the best big budget summer movie of 2014.

Mar 21, 2017

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David Sims

AV Club

Dawn is not interested in staging conflict for the sake of it, and the misunderstandings and tensions that drive the plot don't always feel like contrivances.

Sep 22, 2016

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JD Duran

InSession Film

While Dawn of the Planet of the Apes can certainly stand on it's own two legs, the character building and set-up from Rise, makes Dawn a little bit more potent.

Rated: A

Aug 19, 2024

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Benjamin Wiebe

InSession Film

Positive, nuanced, and brilliant.

Rated: A-

Jul 25, 2024

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" maintains a credible tone of seriousness over farce while operating as evocative post-apocalyptic science fiction.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 7, 2024

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Angel C

Ok I'm late to the party but the action is awesome, the CGI is absolutely top notch on every level, it's packed with tears through the middle act. This is one of those very rare scenarios where the sequel outperforms it's predecessor in almost every way possible. Highly, highly, highly recommend it to a casual moviegoer or everyone in general

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Jack F

Pretty tense throughout. Amazing CGI on the apes and some cool action

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/24/24

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Dani G

A good sequel, developing the apes story with patience, thinking long term for the franchise

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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Adam S

Boasting an even better look, story and characters than it's predecessor, Dawn of the Planet of Apes is an epic, emotional and impressively made film that kicks the chaos and story development up a notch. Rating: 86%

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/25/24

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Audience Member

man this movie was awful.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/25/24

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Audience Member

Really cool to see all the fighting scenes and to see Caesar has built a civilization definitely did not expect that. Sad about them not being able to have peace though bit of a shame

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/23/24

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Matt Reeves

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Andy Serkis

Caesar

Jason Clarke

Malcolm

Gary Oldman

Dreyfus

Keri Russell

Ellie

Toby Kebbell

Koba

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Synopsis

Ten years after simian flu wiped out much of the world's homosapiens, genetically enhanced chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his ever-growing band of followers have established a thriving colony just outside San Francisco in Muir Woods. Meanwhile, a small band of human survivors emerges, which forces Caesar -- as leader -- to grapple with the dual challenge of protecting his people and re-establishing a relationship with the remaining human population -- the latter being Caesar's secret wish.

Director: Matt Reeves
Producer: Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Screenwriter: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Mark Bomback
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Chernin Entertainment, Ingenious Media
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Action/Violence|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 11, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $208.5M
Runtime: 2h 10m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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