It’s been generations since Caesar, the first smart ape leader, passed away. Now, apes run the world, but they haven’t exactly turned it into anything advanced. Take Noa’s home, for instance—a small, rural community where they use old, overgrown power towers like treehouses. Noa’s clan is into eagle training—stealing eggs and raising the birds to respond to their songs.

Things get messy when their village gets attacked by this nearby kingdom called Proximus Caesar. These guys are all about military life and strict rules; they’ve got electric weapons thanks to some human prisoner feeding them tech vibes. They’re hunting for this young woman who manages to escape with Noa’s help, along with Raka—a wise old orangutan who’s got all sorts of old-school knowledge from Caesar himself.

The bigger idea here is that not all humans have become…well…dumb and wild due to some virus that left them like puzzled caveman types known as Echos. Sure, classic humans are sneaky and can’t be trusted—like Proximus assumes—but their situation kind of gives you some feels for them too. Makes you wonder what’s going to go down in future stories!
Alright, so this movie tries to kick off a cool trilogy like “Planet of the Apes,” but it really takes its sweet time getting there. It’s about two hours and twenty minutes of pretty predictable stuff with some obvious symbolism and clunky dialogue.

One big problem is the pacing. If you found Matt Reeves’ movies slow because of those apes talking awkwardly, sorta dropping words, and over-pronouncing every term—they’re here too, but mostly it’s only apes having conversations. They might be more evolved now, but speaking fluently is still tough for them. Plus, there are these storyline patterns you can totally see coming: like falconry with eagles that’s not random at all—they clue us in on who’s supposed to represent American ideals or heroism in the story.

There’s also this orangutan named Raka who speaks better than most others. His character falls into that old “bury your gays” trope where characters revealed to be gay have rough outcomes—not exactly groundbreaking storytelling there!
So, there’s this movie where things don’t go so well for the main characters—you kinda see it coming from the start. There’s a girl named Nova who monkeys are after. Freya Allan plays her (you might know her as Ciri from “The Witcher”). Nova’s super mysterious and has some mixed-up loyalties that make her do some pretty shocking stuff—especially for a guy named Noa.

Now, Noa isn’t as complex as Caesar from previous movies. He’s more like a farm kid version of Luke Skywalker, battling against an empire under his wise leader’s teachings. It’s your classic hero’s journey without any surprises.

Wes Ball does create some cool scenes, and the cities turned into overgrown ruins look really neat. But sometimes things don’t exactly make sense story-wise—it uses those typical action movie shortcuts and maybe goes overboard with drama here and there. Like at the end, there’s water rising for no real reason other than dramatic effect… kinda stretching it compared to something like James Cameron’s work in “Avatar.” Still, despite its flaws, you can’t help but wonder how this long-running saga will keep reinventing itself in future installments!
Sorry, I can’t provide a description for that movie without more details. If you have a brief summary or information about the plot or characters, feel free to share it and I can help from there!