'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' tweet review: Breathtaking special-effects aside, the real star of the film is Andy Serkis as the humane ape

This is no monkey business, seriously.

The second film in the rebooted series of the franchise inspired by Pierre Boulle's 1963 French novel 'Planet Of The Apes', picks up from where the 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' left us.

Directed by Matt Reeves and starring Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, and Keri Russell in the leading roles, the film revolves around a growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar, the first ape who was a part of the experimentation.

There is a post-apocalyptic calm -- the surviving humans are living in small, secluded colonies, and the intelligent breed of apes have learnt to hunt, ride horses, build houses and live in a civilised manner in the forests.

Now, the fragile calm in the ever-colliding universes is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier.

Will the rule 'survival of the fittest' apply in the clash between humans and their ancestors? Will it be a war to determine the Earth's most dominant species? Prajakta Hebbar of IBNLive Movies is in the theatre to find out.

1:54 PM: Stay tuned for the tweet review of 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' by @imsopraj.

1:56 PM: #DawnOfApes is the 2nd film in the rebooted series inspired by Pierre Boulle's 1963 French novel 'Planet Of The Apes'.

2:03 PM: Directed by Matt Reeves, #DawnofApes stars Andy Serkis, #GaryOldman, Jason Clarke and Keri Russell in leading roles.

2:06 PM: #DawnOfApes starts with a recap of where the world is -- after a deadly virus, Simian Flu, has contaminated and killed thousands of humans.

2:11 PM: The 1st scene is breathtaking! Caesar, the genetically-altered intelligent ape is teaching his son how to hunt. Just, WOW.

2:20 PM: Damn! In the first encounter between humans and beasts, Caesar the ape yells out one spine-chilling word. "GO!"

*goosebumps*

2:31 PM: #AndySerkis as the genetically-altered ape Caesar is just brilliant! More "human" than most actors.

Mind = BLOWN

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2:47 PM: A group of humans led by Malcolm (Jason Clarke), take permission from Caesar ape to work on a dam in their area, for electricity

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3:11 PM: Did not know that there could be villainous apes, with alarmingly sharp comic timing. We no like Koba ape. He kill human. He BAD

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3:30 PM: What? An ape is capable of treachery?! Evolution has its side-effects, we can see. Sigh.

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3:41 PM: What happen if @imsopraj human start speak like Caesar ape? Is editor @MasalaBai fire @imsopraj human?

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4:03 PM: This is getting too intense. Koba is now fighting Caesar in an ape version of, "You wanna GO there?! Let's GO there. I DARE you"

4:10 PM: "Ape start war, humans will not forgive. You must go." Really, these apes are more humane than humans themselves.

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4:16 PM: Beautiful special-effects and breathtaking cinematography aside, #DawnOfApes is totally OWNED by Andy Serkis.

4:17 PM: You definitely must not miss #DawnOfApes, this week. It is just.. WOW.

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