Movie: Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

NOOOOOOOOOOO!

I mean Wow, when that chimp talked for the first time, you could hear the inhale from everyone at the movies. I mean talk about wow.

To be honest, i wasn't a fan of the first remake with Mark Wahlberg, in actual fact i detested it (can't remember why though), so when my sister more or less forced me to go to the cinema and watch this supposed prologue i was not impressed, but OMG was i wrong.

Not only did the movie captivate me from the on set, i began to sympathies and root for the chimps, ( i mean come on humans where cruel).

The movie portrays and  beginning to explain the events that happened in the 2001 remake of the Planet of the apes, as we get to see how it all began. Through this we see that once again the downfall of man is yet again the result of their own hands, or rather in this case the desire of one man to cure his father and in doing so unwilling sets into motions events that result in the destruction of man.

James Franco plays Will Rodman, a scientist on the search for a cure to Alzheimer's disease that is slowly destroying his father. During his search we meet poacher chimp bright eyes who is administered a drug that enhances brain function, but in an attempt to save her assumed threaten son i shot dead and the compassionate doctor saves him and brings him up as his on. Understandably the chimp grows up with inherited smartness and confusion as to who he really is.

Throughout the movie we follow Caesar on his road of self discovery and also the humans path down self destruction. We see the events that lead to the broken world in Planet of the apes.

I mean those who liked or disliked the first movie will absolutely love this movie, with stellar actor, amazing detail to graphics and story line, you will be captivated from the beginning to the very end.

'CAESAR IS HOME'

Movie: Fast Five

Vroom! Vroom!

Welcome to the world of fast women and most importantly fast cars. In case you've never heard of the fast and furious Franchise (weirdo) this is definitely one to start with as it keeps you pumped and thirsty for more (except for Tokyo Drift but thats just me).

Fast five continues right after Fast and Furious as our fav fast car criminal Dominic Toretto has being cruelly sentenced to a long ass stretch and we follow him and his crew including his beloved sister, confused loved up Cop Brian, and long lost friends, Han, TJ, Roman and those 2 talking dudes, oh and that sexy chick from film 4, as they once again want to do another last job in order to secure their futures.

In this film our fast criminals (Nice) take on the head of the Brazilian criminal world Rhys and along side that we are joined by that little chick cop (Letty's replacement, PFFT pls) and the big man himself Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson playing Hobbs a killer criminal hunter who has taken the lead on bringing Dom & Co to justice. We witness mesmerizing car chases and also are given front row sit to the battle of the century as two tough beat down men namely Vin and Dwayne are in a fight that the trailers only gave us a taste of.

Fast Five lives up to the Fast and Furious reputation and goes beyond, giving it the title of 'Best in the Series' (even if letty isn't there) and the film portrays a happy ending for all those lucky to survive. However the little snippet at the end gives us hope that their is more in store and this isn't the last we will hear of Dominic Torreto.

4/5 stars.

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