Empire Australasia — December 2017

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WORDS DAN JOLIN

THE

EMPIRE

VIEWING

GUIDE

Director Matt Reeves takes us

through his primate-packed epic,

from Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z

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THE GOD’S-EYE VIEW __ We’re thrust

straight into the titular war with a vicious hillside

battle between ape and man, at one point viewed

from a striking top-down perspective. “I wanted

to do an angle that showed the violence, almost

from an indifferent, God’s-eye point of view,” says

Reeves. “I watch a lot of war movies and The

Thin Red Line really affected me, because of the

smallness of its fi gures against the landscape.”

What we said: “Thanks to

an evocative story and the

most realistic anthropoids

you’ll fi nd outside a zoo,

this third Apes is the

strongest yet.”

Notable extras: A Reeves

commentary, a bunch of

deleted scenes, featurettes

and scene comparisons on

the digital release.

WAR FOR THE
PLANET OF
THE APES
★★★★
RATED M

THE

VERDICT