Hey guys, it’s Ryan here from explained, and welcome back to the channel. In today’s
video, we will be watching a movie called “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”, which
was released back in 2014. Let’s get started. Turn on the subtitles and spoilers ahead.
Almost a decade has passed since the outbreak of the ALZ-113 virus; an Alzheimer's trial
drug which was tested out on chimpanzees, which has now spread all across the globe.
The chimpanzees used in the test escaped out of the lab after showing aggressive behavior.
While the ape population has thrived and grown, the human population has taken a serious hit
by the spread of the virus, with a survival rate of 1 in 500 people.
The human race has started to fight amongst themselves, and most of the governments in
the world have stopped functioning, further adding to the chaos. The apes race, on the
other hand, has become more intelligent and powerful.
Caesar, the leader of the apes, is in the woods with his fellow simians, organizing
a hunt. His lieutenant Koba keeps an eye out, and alerts Caesar when a herd of deer comes
through the forest. Caesar signals for the attack, and all the apes run after the herd
of deer, managing to catch a few of them.
Caesar's son Blue Eyes moves forward to kill a wounded deer, but instead gets attacked
by a wild bear. Caesar jumps in to help his son, but he’s not strong enough to take
down a bear all by himself. He signals for help, which gets to Koba. As Caesar keeps
the bear distracted, Koba jumps in and takes the bear down with his spear. Caesar laughs
and thanks Koba for his help.
The apes return to their sanctuary in the Muir Woods. They have established a closed
community of apes which has homes and even an educational system led by Caesar's trusted
orangutan friend Maurice. After their arrival, Caesar gets called to tend to his sick wife
Cornelia; who has just given birth to a baby boy. Caesar brings Blue Eyes forth to meet
his new brother.
Afterwards, Caesar and Maurice have a conversation, reminiscing how far they’ve come as a group
of evolved chimpanzees over the years. They wonder if there's any humans left in the world.
Caesar stresses that only staying together will help them survive, unlike humans who
started to fight amongst themselves.
While returning from a fishing trip, Blue Eyes and his friend Ash encounter a human
named Carver walking through the woods. Carver defensively draws his gun out, and nervously
shoots Ash. The gunshot alerts the apes, as well as the humans that Carver is travelling
with. In a matter of seconds, the humans get confronted by a group of angry apes.
Malcolm, the group leader of the humans, realizes that these aren’t any ordinary apes. He
knows that these are the apes who have evolved due to the simian flu. Knowing that they’ll
understand his language, Malcolm says that they don’t mean any harm. He asks his group
to lower their weapons to show that they don’t want any fight. Caesar shouts at them to leave
the forest. And while running away from the apes, Malcolm's son Alex drops his bag and
is forced to leave it behind.
Caesar commands Koba to follow the humans and see what they’re up to. Koba, along
with a few other apes, follow the humans to San Francisco.
Malcolm and the humans return to their sanctuary, and report to their leader Dreyfus on the
group of apes and their ability to speak. Since the breakout of the virus, remaining
immuned humans have been living in a closed community, which has been struggling to survive,
with limited energy and resources.
Meanwhile Koba and his friends see all of this, and report it back to Caesar. The apes
start to believe that the humans are a threat to them. So, they should attack them, before
it gets too late. Koba tries to rile up the apes in coming together to go to war against
the humans, but Caesar makes it clear that a war will only ruin what they’ve built
so far.
Many of the apes were tortured in labs by humans, before Caesar freed them all. So,
they trust Caesar to do the right thing.
Next day, Caesar gathers his apes and rides into the city on their horses to face the
humans. Soon they reach the sanctuary where the humans are living. While still cautious
of the danger that they might be in, Malcolm goes outside to talk to Caesar; who declares
that the apes do not want war, but will fight back if they must. Blue Eyes returns Alex’s
bag to Malcolm, and Caesar warns the humans to never come near their home.
After the apes leave, the humans start to panic about what they had just seen. Dreyfus
addresses them about the situation. He says that they have nothing to fear against the
apes. He further reveals that they are facing a shortage of energy, and the dam which is
in the woods where the apes live in, is the only answer to their survival. But, he promises
to find another way that will ensure their safety.
Later, Malcolm speaks to Dreyfus and tells him that the dam is the only option for their
survival. He tells Dreyfus that if he is given enough time, he can convince the apes to let
him get to the dam and take out the blockage to generate power. Dreyfus agrees and gives
Malcolm three days to complete this task. But if he fails, the humans will have no option
but to go to war.
Malcolm and his group travel back to the woods, but he decides to move forward alone to enter
the sanctuary by himself. On his way to meet Caesar, Malcolm gets captured by a group of
gorillas, who take him to Caesar. Malcolm explains that he means no harm and he only
wants to get to the dam. The other apes believe he’s lying, but Caesar decides to see what
he’s saying. Malcolm takes Caesar to the dam, and explains how the dam is the only
answer to the humans survival. He then asks Caesar’s permission to allow them to operate
the dam for their use.
Caesar allows Malcolm and his team to carry through with the task, but first he and the
others must hand over their guns; which the apes later break apart. Koba approaches Caesar
and expresses his distrust for humans, having been experimented on by humans, which has
left multiple scars on his body. He fears that giving them access to the dam and energy
will only make them stronger. Caesar believes that this could be a way to make peace with
humans, or else war is inevitable. Koba disapproves of Caesar’s idea, but he has no option but
to agree as he’s the leader.
The humans set up a camp in the woods. One human, Foster, points out that the apes are
much more stronger than humans, and they don’t need to rely on energy, as much as humans
do. Carver is still wary of the apes, and blames them for the near extinction of humans
due to the simian flu. Ellie reminds them of how the virus was created by humans and
tested on apes. But, Carver isn’t one to listen and makes his hatred for apes known
to his teammates.
The next day, the apes keep an eye on every move of the humans. Caesar asks about Koba
who is nowhere to be found. Maurice tells him that Koba was still angry and was headed
out for a hunt. But in reality, Koba was out in the city with two other apes.
Koba still doesn’t trust humans, so he’s out to monitor what exactly they are upto.
He discovers that the humans have a huge supply of firearms which they could use against the
apes.
Upon seeing the weapons, Koba fears that the humans shouldn’t be taken lightly. He then
comes across two men with weapons. Koba pretends to be a playful chimp, dancing around and
acting funny. The two men order him to leave, still seeing him as a threat. Koba leaves
with a snarl on his face.
Malcolm and his team begin working in the dam to remove the blockage. They successfully
blow it out, but Carver's leg gets wounded. They return to camp for Ellie to treat him,
while some apes, including Caesar, come by. Caesar's baby son goes over to the humans.
Ellie and Alex immediately take a liking to him, finding him adorable. But Carver is less
welcoming. When the little ape comes over to a box containing a gun, Carver reacts on
instinct and seizes the weapon, aiming it at the apes. Caesar takes the gun away from
him and is about to kill him with it.
But Malcolm calms him down, and Caesar throws the gun into the river. He then orders the
humans to leave for breaking their trust and keeping a gun hidden from them.
Malcom and Ellie go to Caesar to ask for one more chance. They find Caesar looking after
Cornelia, who hasn’t fully recovered after giving birth. Ellie offers to aid her with
their antibiotics. Out of fear of losing his wife, Caesar gives them one day to stay to
help his wife.
After gaining one day to fix all problems, Foster forcefully takes Carver back to the
truck and locks him there.
Malcolm and the rest return to the dam to finish their job. Koba comes back to see the
apes working together with the humans. While looking for Caesar to warn him about the humans'
weapons supply, he nearly attacks Alex and Malcolm; who get protected by Maurice. Koba
angrily confronts Caesar and questions his affection towards humans. He asks if Caesar
loves humans more than apes. Enraged, Caesar attacks Koba, punching his face until he decides
he cannot kill him. Koba extends his hand to Caesar for forgiveness, which Caesar accepts.
The action of Caesar has brought down the atmosphere in the ape community, with not
even his own son taking his side. Koba tells his friend to not tell Caesar about the weapons
they found.
Next day, he returns to the compound to find the same two men sharing a drink. He once
again plays up the silly chimp act, entertaining the two men. After successfully managing to
divert their attention, Koba grabs one of their guns and kills the two men.
Koba and his friends return back with guns, and find Carver sitting in the van. Koba pulls
him out through the window and beats him to death.
Malcolm and his group have successfully reactivated the generator. Caesar guides Malcolm and the
others to a higher level to show them the lights going up in the city. Cornelia has
also gotten better. Everything seems well until Koba arrives with the rifle. Only Caesar
sees him mere seconds before Koba shoots him. Caesar falls from the tree, and Koba leaves
the rifle with Carver's cap to make it look like it was him who shot Caesar.
Koba’s friends also light their homes on fire, which starts to cause panic among the
apes.
Blue Eyes finds the rifle which shot down Caesar.
Maurice tells Malcolm, Ellie, and Alex to run as the other apes become frightened and
wild.
With Caesar gone, Koba convinces them all that humans have killed Caesar, and burned
their home. He riles up all the apes to fight back against the humans. He rounds up all
the males and charges into the city, as Malcolm and his family hide to save their lives.
With the power back on, humans have started to celebrate by dancing and partying.
Dreyfus looks at the pictures of his wife and two sons, who sadly lost their lives to
the virus; and breaks down into tears. He then goes to the control room where another
man is trying to get in contact with other possible survivors through the radio.
Suddenly, Koba and his army break into the armory and start their attack. They manage
to take hold of all the weapons, and Koba hands a rifle to Blue Eyes. Dreyfus, along
with other armed men stand over the gates to fire at the apes. But before they could
fire, the apes charge ahead with their weapons.
Koba now leads a war which Caesar was against, due to the fear of putting his community at
risk. Numerous apes get killed in the charge, as Blue Eyes desperately tries to save his
own life. Despite the casualty, Koba doesn’t retreat and advances forward with rifles on
both of his hands. Dreyfus grabs a rocket launcher and manages to hit several targets,
killing a few more apes. Koba gets his hands on a tank and charges with his apes through
the gates and breaks down their wall.
The apes start to take humans as prisoners, and Koba commands his followers to not let
any of the humans escape. By daybreak, they have captured most of the humans. While catching
the ones trying to escape, the apes run against a man swinging a post at the apes, which Koba
grabs from him. He orders Ash to kill the man with it, but Ash shows mercy and says
Caesar wouldn't want this. In response, Koba grabs Ash and drags him to a balcony and hurls
him over to his death. Then, he, in front of Blue Eyes and the other apes, declares
himself as the new leader.
After capturing all the humans, Koba declares that they're now his prisoners, and will know
the life of living inside a cage. He commands his followers to find more humans and capture
them all. Maurice, along with a few other apes have been locked in a bus for not obeying
Koba. Maurice tells Blue Eyes to protect himself.
Meanwhile, Malcolm and his family find Caesar, who happens to be still alive. They take him
away and he leads them to his old home where he was raised by humans. Ellie says they need
to operate on Caesar, but her surgical kit is in the human camp, which has been captured
by Koba. Malcolm believes Caesar’s survival is crucial in stopping the war. So, he decides
to risk his life and goes back inside the human camp.
He successfully gets hold of the surgical kit, but gets chased down by the apes. After
narrowly managing to keep himself hidden, Malcolm comes across Blue Eyes holding a gun.
Blue Eyes points his gun at Malcolm, but he can’t bring himself to shoot him.
Malcolm tells him that his father is still alive, and leads him to Caesar. Blue Eyes
sees the bullet wound and growls at the humans, but Caesar tells him that it was Koba, not
the humans. Blue Eyes tells his father that his mother and brother are safe now. He further
tells him about what Koba has done so far since his disappearance.
Blue Eyes cries as he tells his father what Koba did to his friend Ash. Caesar tells him
that he will make everything right.
Blue Eyes goes back and leaves a secret message to Maurice telling him that Caesar is alive.
Maurice and the other trapped apes break free from their cage and break the humans out.
They find Caesar and tell them about Koba's plan to get the female apes and young ones
to join him, including Cornelia and their newborn. Together, along with Malcolm, they
head out to stop Koba.
On their way in, Malcolm and the apes get shot at by the humans. Malcolm quickly helps
the apes get in the human camp. Koba and his followers have gathered at the
top of a tower, while Malcolm meets Dreyfus and sees that he plans to blow the tower with
C4 explosives. Malcolm realizes that doing so will only make matters worse. So, he draws
the rifle to stop them, and tries to convince them that Caesar will fix everything.
Caesar finally comes face-to-face with Koba, who’s still wielding his rifle. Koba once
again tries to rally the apes, claiming that Caesar shouldn’t be trusted; and he is their
leader now.
Caesar and Koba fight each other to decide who takes the leadership of the apes. Meanwhile,
Dreyfus refuses to agree with Malcolm, saying if they don’t kill the apes, the human race
will go extinct. While the fight between Caesar and Koba continues, Dreyfus grabs the detonator
and pushes the button saying he’s saving the human race. The explosion kills Dreyfus
and two other men, as well as the apes within the tower, but Malcolm manages to escape the
blast.
In between the chaos of explosion, Koba takes his gun back, and starts to shoot at the apes.
Caesar dives in and tackles Koba, knocking him off a ledge. As he hangs on for his life,
he looks up at Caesar, and says that an ape will not kill another ape; hoping Caesar will
save him. Caesar pulls him as he looks at the damage he has caused. Then he tells Koba
that he no longer is an ape, before letting him fall to his death.
After Koba’s death, Caesar takes back the leadership of the apes. Malcolm finds Caesar
and warns him about the incoming military reinforcement that would threaten all the
apes, and start a war. But, Caesar tells him that the war has already been started by the
apes, and the humans will never forget it. He tells Malcolm to go and protect his own
family. They both wanted the war to never begin, but now they realize that it has gone
too far to be able to stop. Caesar and Malcolm acknowledge their friendship before going
their separate paths.
Caesar at last, reunites with his family, and the apes all bow down to him once again.
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