Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Terrific, astonishing lifelike special effects highlight this attention-grabbing, well-written, imaginative, action-packed, satisfying prequel to the 1960s and 1970s Planet of the Apes movies in which a compassionate San Francisco scientist (James Franco), who cares for his Alzheimer's-afflicted father (John Lithgow), secretly raises a smart infant chimpanzee after his stern, African-American boss (David Oyelowo) kills off the other primates in the lab when a drug testing experiment goes awry and then five years later tries to rescue the lonely, abused, sign-language-proficient chimp (Andy Serkis) from a primate shelter shockingly run by unscrupulous caretakers (Brian Cox, Tom Felton, and Tyler Labine) after the chimp attacked his bullying pilot neighbor (David Hewlett).
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