jack andrew lowden played caesar in rise of the planet of the apes 2014.
who plays caesar in rise of the planet of the apes 2014?
jack andrew lowden
war for the planet of the apes is a 2017 american science fiction film directed by matt reeves and written by mark bomback and reeves. a sequel to "rise of the planet of the apes" (2011) and "dawn of the planet of the apes" (2014), it is the third installment in the "planet of the apes" reboot series. the film stars andy serkis, woody harrelson and steve zahn, and follows a confrontation between the apes, led by caesar, and the humans for control of earth. like its predecessor, its premise shares several similarities to the fifth film in the original series, "battle for the planet of the apes", but it is not a direct remake.
war for the planet of the apes
first appearing in "rise of the planet of the apes", caesar was born the son of female chimpanzee who was taken from the wild to the gene sys pharmaceutical company in the san francisco bay area to be subjected to an experimental viral-based cure of alzheimer's known as alz-112. developed by will rodman, alz-112 genetically increases bright eyes' intelligence along with caesar's as he was still in his mother's womb. when born, caesar ends up orphaned after his mother got killed trying to protect her newborn child, an action mistaken by lab security as her having run amok with the experiment labeled a failure and the other test apes destroyed. caesar was saved by the sympathetic ape handler franklin, with will smuggling the baby chimp out of the lab and takes him to his home. caesar spends years living with rodman, displaying his enhanced intelligence and convincing his foster father that the alz-112 works. following an incident where he attacks their aggressive neighbor who threatened will's dementia-suffering father, caesar is forced into an ape "sanctuary" where he is often tormented by one of the caretakers while gradually taking command of the apes there. caesar eventually proves smart enough to break free from his cage, stealing will's new, stronger version of the intelligence-enhancing formula, alz-113, and releases it among the other captive apes. after saying his first word "no!" in a confrontation with one of the caretakers, caesar leads the apes out of sanctuary as they recruit other captive apes from the zoo and the lab, rallying to escape san francisco for the muir woods while violently clashing with police. once in the muir woods, caesar shares an emotional farewell with rodman as he decides to live free among his own kind.
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