This fourth movie is significantly better than the second one but is probably my second least favorite of the original series. There's a lot of bad animal cruelty that made me want the apes to win but the plot line was kind of absurd. In 1983 every dog AND cat die of a mysterious disease until there's none left on Earth if you can swallow that. So humans start keeping monkeys and apes as pets, quickly turning to enslaving the apes within less than ten years. Sure the 80s were bad but I...ok. So if you can suspend your disbelief there, you can watch the movie.
Caesar (formerly Milo) is every bit as likable as his parents so he makes a strong protagonist. There's also an anti-racist solidarity with the Black man helping to free the animal slaves.
While most of the future predictions were silly they got two things right - the TV got smaller and everyone really did wear a lot of black clothes in the early 1990s. A few of the minor characters actually look like they could be from 1991 though it's mostly obvious that it's a 70s flick.
Caesar (formerly Milo) is every bit as likable as his parents so he makes a strong protagonist. There's also an anti-racist solidarity with the Black man helping to free the animal slaves.
While most of the future predictions were silly they got two things right - the TV got smaller and everyone really did wear a lot of black clothes in the early 1990s. A few of the minor characters actually look like they could be from 1991 though it's mostly obvious that it's a 70s flick.