So as you can see guys my first review is about the new planet of the apes film. And first let me say for a prequel its not that bad, cause as we know not many prequels get it right when its pretty obvious that the film studio's have just looked at all the box office figures and thought lets make a prequel to make more money and they usually bring in the money cause we the public think it will be good but there usually not. Back on to the subject of this movie, as it is a prequel it is obviously set before planet of the apes (which is suppose to be a couple of hundreds of years in the future i believe) so this film is set in the present day. The films storyline is pretty solid with James Franco playing Will Rodman who is developing a cure for alsezmers so he can cure his father Charles Rodman who is played by John Lithgow.. As the film progress Will rodman ( James Franco) completes his hopes of coming up with a cure for his farther Charles Rodmans ( John Lithgow ) illness but finds that the cure my have some side effects that couldnt be forseen. You know the usual thing you would expect, but the film doesnt do the usual things you expect to happen with you think its going to go all wrong then and there and the films going to be over in another 30 minutes, it actually goes into a kind of romance and love story, with Will Rodman meeting Caroline Aranha ( Freida Pinto ) who is a vet at a local zoo that helps Will out when Caesar ( the offspring of one of the apes Will was testing his cure on ) gets hurt. The film then skips a few years ahead with Will and Caroline becoming more attached to one another and Caesar becoming more and more detached from humanity and wondering who and what he is ( which personally i thought was a nice touch to the film ), the more Caesar detaches from humanity the angryier he becomes. The movie on a whole is very good  and does kind of tie in with the remake of The planet of the apes ( original 1968) which was  re-released in 2001. The only major flaw with this film though is its set in the present im guessing where as the 2001 Planet of the apes film was set a few years in the future but apart from that its a good film and worth the watch

Star rating   4/5