War For The Planet Of The Apes-Kids’ Movie Review

Caesar (Andy Serkis), the intelligent leader of the apes, suffers a tremendous loss when his home is attacked by human soldiers. Sad and upset, Caesar moves his tribe to a new location though he briefly leaves the group to find the colonel responsible for the attack. Fortunately, Caesar is accompanied by close friends and while on their odyssey they come across some interesting characters. Caesar eventually finds the Colonel (Woody Harrelson), hoping to seek revenge. War for the Planet of the Apes is the third movie focusing on Caesar… the intelligent leader of the apes.

Rating: 3 and 1/2 buckets out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: October 24, 2017
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 13+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will Kids Like It? Maybe

Talking Points:

Sexual Content: None

Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive

The film is dark and creepy with a lot of violence. There are battles with guns, arrows, missiles and explosions throughout the film.
Apes kill humans and battle with one other.
We see injured characters and their bloody wounds.
Apes are imprisoned, hung on X-shaped crosses, whipped and treated like slaves.
A gorilla is suffocated.

Crude or Profane Language: Mild