Dawn Planet Of The Apes Essay

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Cesar must make the challenging decision to either be faithful to his Ape family by going to war or to follow his instincts by trying to keep peace between the Apes and the humans. According to the review written by Bill GoodyKoontz, “Dawn Planet of the Apes is a dark film, daringly so, a sequel to a reboot that makes a solid franchise stronger” (1). The review starts by giving some brief information about the first film Planet of the Apes. It mentions how many of the apes were used for experiments, especially Koba, who was tortured and used for lab testing. A virus knocks out the majority of the human population at the end of the first movie, which starts off Dawn Planet of the Apes with Cesar not having seen human life for nearly two years. While many of the humans lost their families to the virus, the few survivors are living in the ruins of San Francisco. Bill Goodykoontz makes it clear as to the importance of the fact that the apes are living in the forest right near a dam in which could be the only source for the human’s survival (2). Malcom leads the humans into the forest to try to negotiate with the Apes to allow them to have access to the dam so they can obtain fuel to keep what is left of the human population. Cesar the noble leader understands the good and the bad side of humanity and …show more content…
It will depend on our better nature, and that, like every other resource, is running in short supply” (5). The review lets us know that while Cesar struggles to maintain a balance between hope and hostility Koba mistrusts the humans all together and thinks that Cesar being raised by humans has caused him to be way too