Later this week, well tackle the new onebut first, lets see how this trilogy finished up.
Set a few years after the events of Dawn, War picks up in the middle of its title.
The Colonel has other ideas, though.
Caesar is ready for War.Image: Fox
He brings the fight right to the apes and kills Caesars wife and eldest son in the process.
Caeser eventually gets captured by the Colonels huge army and learns his entire tribe suffered the same fate.
Along the way, several crucial details are revealed.
Caesar showdown.Image: Fox
They lose their speech and eventually their smarts.
The Colonel knows that this new mutation of the virus wont be the end.
In this new, more forgiving, beautiful land, the apes will continue their world.
Some Apes have changed sides.Image: Fox
So too did Matt Reeves give the Apes stories a fresh start.
Here, the apes win, with heavy losses, to live another day.
Will all humans succumb to the new strain?
Maurice and Nova.Image: Fox
We dont know and, in 2017, we never really needed to.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes opens Friday.
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