Planet of the Apes: Revolution

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Movie
German title Planet of the Apes: Revolution
Original title Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes - Revolution Logo.png
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2014
length 130 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Matt Reeves
script Mark Bomback ,
Rick Jaffa ,
Amanda Silver
production Peter Chernin ,
Dylan Clark ,
Rick Jaffa,
Amanda Silver
music Michael Giacchino
camera Michael Seresin
cut William Hoy ,
Stan Salfas
occupation
synchronization
chronology

←  Predecessor
Planet of the Apes: Prevolution

Successor  →
Planet of the Apes: Survival

Planet of the Apes: Revolution (original title: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ) is the title of the sequel to the 2011 science fiction film Planet of the Apes: Prevolution .

While Rupert Wyatt directed the first part, Matt Reeves has now taken on that role. This is already the eighth film based on the novel La Planète des singes by the French Pierre Boulle .

The film opened in US cinemas on July 11, 2014, in Germany on August 7, 2014, and in Austria on August 14, 2014.

action

When breeding the ALZ-113 retrovirus, which was successfully tested in monkeys as a drug against Alzheimer's disease , an aggressive variant developed ten years ago in a laboratory in San Francisco that would spread a disease that is deadly to humans, the so-called monkey flu, worldwide led. The global pandemic led to the breakdown of all human infrastructures and most of humanity was wiped out.

The monkeys, who have become more intelligent through animal experiments and self-treatment with the Alzheimer's drug, which at that time were able to free themselves from the laboratory, zoo and animal shelter under the leadership of the chimpanzee Caesar, have now their own unmolested by the few surviving people in the forests near San Francisco Civilization built. You communicate using complex sign language; some have a rudimentary command of human spoken language. In a school the boys learn to read and write. The monkeys hunt with spears and ride horses. During a hunt, Caesar's son Blue Eyes is attacked and injured by a bear. The Bonobo Koba saves his life. Caesar's second son is born in the monkey settlement.

Some people who survived the pandemic because they are genetically immune to the virus have built colony with modest infrastructure in otherwise deserted San Francisco. Since they are running out of fuel reserves, they want to repair a hydropower plant that will supply them with electricity and ensure radio contact with other possible human settlements. An expedition team sets off for the hydropower plant to check its functionality. Your path leads through the forest area that the monkeys have claimed for themselves. The team comes across two young monkeys, Caesar's son Blue Eyes and Ash, son of the monkey Rocket. Although they are peaceful, the uncontrolled carver, who hates the monkeys for unjustly blaming them for the losses caused by the monkey flu, shoots and injures Ash. The team is surrounded by an angry pack of monkeys, but Caesar decides to let the people go. At a subsequent briefing, many monkeys speak out in favor of a retaliatory strike on the human settlement. Caesar refuses, but agrees to a demonstration of their strength in front of the human colony. In the course of this, the monkeys in readiness to fight cross the Golden Gate Bridge and forbid people to come back. Caesar promises them peace in return.

Dreyfus, who has a kind of leadership position among the people, plans to drive the monkeys away by force of arms, since the hydroelectric power station, which is vital for the cohesion of the people, is located on their territory. The peace-loving Malcolm asks him to postpone a few days and again sets off with a small group to visit the monkeys, hoping to negotiate a peaceful solution with them. Eventually, according to Malcolm, Caesar allowed the humans to repair the power station on the condition that they did not carry weapons. When Caesar's baby discovers a weapon that Carver has smuggled in while playing with a toolbox, Carver threatens it with the weapon. In a rage, Caesar orders Malcolm's team to leave immediately. Since his female is sick and a doctor can treat her with antibiotics , he gives them one more day to let the monkeys help with their work.

Koba, who hates people because of his torture as laboratory animals, discovers that they have taken possession of a military arsenal left behind by the Civil Protection and National Guard; He sees the target practice taking place there as preparation for an attack on the monkeys. Angry about the tolerance of the people in the monkey settlement, he does not let Caesar know about his discovery and instead accuses him of loving people more than his sons. Caesar then beats him badly. However, this leads to Koba beginning to take action against Caesar's - in Koba's view - too humane ape leadership. In the arsenal he kills two people and steals their assault rifle. He then kills Carver, who was locked up by his people in a car away from the settlement, and takes his hat and a lighter with him.

After the repairs to the power station were successfully completed, the city lights brighten the night sky, and Caesar's females also seem to be doing better. Koba shoots Caesar from an ambush into this idyll. He falls from his tree house and is believed to be dead. Koba then presents the rifle and Carver's cap as alleged finds in order to hold the people responsible for Caesar's death. When the fire he had recently started in the monkey settlement is noticed, Koba calls on the monkeys to go to war against humans, in which they now follow him. The result is a battle costing both sides, which the monkeys can decide for themselves. Some people escape, others are captured by the monkeys. Meanwhile, Malcolm's group succeeds in finding the wounded Caesar and receiving medical care in his former owner's house in San Francisco.

After the battle has been won, the surviving monkeys choose the unfinished shell of a high-rise tower as new quarters, while Koba and his helpers continue to hunt down the people who are still fleeing. The monkeys, who remain loyal to Caesar despite his presumed death and do not fight for Koba's cause, he either locks up or kills them. After Ash was brutally killed by Koba because he did not want to follow his orders, Caesar's son Blue Eyes is increasingly plagued by doubts and retreats alone into an abandoned house. There he meets Malcolm, who tells him about Caesar's survival and brings him to him. After Caesar has regained his strength, he frees his imprisoned followers with the help of his son and advances with them to the tower. Malcolm learns that the remaining free humans under Dreyfus' leadership want to blow up the tower occupied by the apes, and tries in vain to prevent this. Meanwhile, Caesar manages to overthrow Koba in a single fight. Meanwhile, the explosive charges explode, but without bringing the tower to collapse.

Malcolm tries to persuade Caesar to leave the city because after the monkey conquest, the colony made contact with soldiers who will advance against the monkeys. But Caesar refuses to withdraw on the grounds that he then no longer see any chance of peace for the apes, and prepares for the upcoming new battles.

As a farewell, Caesar pays tribute to Malcolm's efforts with a friendly gesture and turns to his family and subjects, who gradually gather in front of him.

Production, background

In November 2011, 20th Century Fox announced that it would produce a sequel to Planet of the Apes: Prevolution . Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver were hired again to assist with the script. Fox announced during CinemaCon in April 2012 that filming should begin at the end of 2012 and the film should hit theaters in May 2014. Rupert Wyatt canceled as director because the scheduled release date seemed too early for the film to be realized according to his ideas. In September 2012, Matt Reeves was confirmed as the new director.

Filming began on April 13, 2013 in Golden Ears Provincial Park in the Canadian state of British Columbia . In May 2013 the company moved to the United States, where the shooting in New Orleans ( Louisiana ) have continued. Additional recordings were made in San Francisco, California .

The budget for the film was $ 120 million.

Gary Oldman , who plays the role of the people leader Dreyfus, was Tim Burton's first choice when it came to occupying General Thade in Planet of the Apes in 2001 ; However, Oldman declined at this point. The part went to Tim Roth .

reception

The film grossed over $ 200 million in the US, making it the most successful of the series. Worldwide it was over $ 700 million. In contrast, the cost of production was about $ 170 million. On the opening weekend after the premiere, tickets were sold for $ 73 million. The reviews were mostly positive ( Rotten Tomatoes with 91%, based on 234 reviews with an average of 7.9 points out of 10 and for Metacritic a value of 79 out of 100 based on 48 reviews).

In the United States, the majority of critics recognized the film as the best popcorn cinema of the summer. The Variety saw a "lively, violent continuation" of Caesar's striving for independence, which surpasses the previous film both technically and in terms of content. The narrative is more dramatic and dark, which is also well implemented in the designs and the acting. According to the Hollywood Reporter , the three best achievements of the film are : the constant maintenance of tension over the two hours, the improvement in quality compared to the start of the film series and a strong, humanistic message. Andy Serkis is especially praised as Caesar in the acting performance. And despite a few shortcomings in the implementation, the setting in 3D is also “breathtaking”. Beautiful camera work, masterful computer effects and the lively music all came together seamlessly. The Telegraph calls the film amazingly “un-stupid” because the great effects didn't crowd out the intelligent, emotional, or quiet moments. Again, the improvements compared to Planet of the Apes: Prevolution are praised, the "dark, hellish and confusing" design is highlighted. And the New York Times also calls the film the best large-scale production of the summer, “technically impressive and exciting”, but also for reflection and empathy - full of “small, memorable moments” and striking characters on both sides. A truly positive example of what Hollywood can do.

In Germany, the reviews were more mixed:

"Thematically even more mature, narrative even more courageous and visually even more brilliant -" Planet of the Apes: Revolution "is a blockbuster sequel that is not only trick-technically groundbreaking and that makes the anticipation of the trilogy finale announced for 2016 soaring!"

- movie starts

“Unfortunately, [Director Matt Reeves] had to film a script made by three authors that contrasts the revolutionary technology on display here with Hollywood narrative by the dozen. [...] You don't want to expand on it in detail, the plot is so uninspired, which ultimately only serves as a foil for street fights and action scenes that are as spectacular as possible. "

- Andreas Borcholte on Spiegel Online

"But at the latest when you are supposed to admire a monkey as a hero who not only blows another monkey's march for an ethical misconduct, but even denies it its monkey status, you feel uncomfortably reminded of Germans, Americans and other freaks, the other Germans, Accuse Americans or freaks that they are not German enough, American or freaky enough. "

- Dietmar Dath in FAZ

Andy Serkis' acting performance and the effects are also praised in Germany. The time also wrote about the content:

“The last third is then lost in the genre-typical thunderstorm of the effects, at the latest here nuances are no longer required. The tension motor of the finale is driven by an old-fashioned clattering parallel assembly, and in the end the stronger and more trivial bombast wins. […] The clear culturally critical peaks, of which traces remained in the first part of the reboot of 2011, have now become a philosophically threatening background noise […]. "

- Oliver Kaever : The time

Just like its predecessor, the production was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Visual Effects" . Andy Serkis received the 2015 Empire Award in the “Best Actor” category. The film editing and the effects were recognized at the Satellite Awards ceremony in 2014.

German voice actors

German dialogue book and dialogue director: Tobias Meister . The voice actors for the German version were:

role actor German speaker
Malcolm Jason Clarke Tobias Kluckert
Dreyfus Gary Oldman Udo Schenk
Caesar Andy Serkis Tobias Master
Koba Toby Kebbell Daniel Fehlow
Elli Keri Russell Ranja Bonalana
Alexander Kodi Smit-McPhee Christian Pointer
Carver Kirk Acevedo Martin Kautz
Foster Jon Eyez Matti Klemm
Blue eyes Nick Thurston Nico Mamone
Terry Lombardo Boyar Asad Black
McVeigh Kevin Rankin Christoph Banks
Werner Jocko Sims Nicolas Boell
McVeigh Enrique Murciano Tim Moeseritz
Finney Keir O'Donnell Jörg Pintsch

continuation

In January 2014, 20th Century Fox announced that it would produce a third part. The film is titled Planet of the Apes: Survival (OT: War for the Planet of the Apes ) and was again produced under the direction of Matt Reeves. The release was originally scheduled for 2016, but has been postponed to August 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Even if the predecessor has a colon in the title, the officially reported title of the sequel is not written with a colon, but with a dash in the title: Official spelling of the film title using the example of the FSK reports
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  4. ^ Rise of the Planet of the Apes Sequel Moves Forward at Fox
  5. ↑ Another Fox Shocker: Is Rupert Wyatt Exiting 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes'?
  6. ↑ Matt Reeves Confirmed to Helm 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'
  7. ↑ Planet of the Apes: Revolution
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  17. ^ AO Scott: Neighbors Who Need Good Fences. The New York Times, July 10, 2014, accessed May 24, 2018 .
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  20. ↑ Dietmar Dath : Hordemordnotstand: "Planet of the Apes: Revolution" in the cinema , in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of August 7, 2014, p. 12.
  21. ↑ Oliver Kaever: The man-machine ape. Die Zeit, August 6, 2014, accessed on May 24, 2018 .
  22. ↑ David McNary: Tatum's X-Men Spinoff to Hit Theaters in 2016 , variety.com. Retrieved January 18, 2015.