This is a story of an airforce astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) whose ship crash lands on a planet ruled by simians and worked by human slaves. Helena Bonham Carter plays a sympathetic ape who eventually joins Wahlberg’s posse, as they try to escape from the apes, lead by an evil general Thade (Tim Roth) and his First-in-Command Michael Clarke Duncan. General Thade tries to convince the senate that humans are dangerous creatures that must be exterminated by all means. Thade gets all the ammunition required to unleash his army against the humans and apes rebel.

Highly talented Tim Roth and beautiful Helena Bonham Carter carry the film very well. Roth did a wonderful job as the evil General Thade. Bonham Carter gives an incredible performance as Ari, one of the few ape proponents of human rights. Wahlberg played the role of the stranded astronaut very well.

Director Tim Burton has produced a great cinematic masterpiece with good visual effects, playfulness and wit. The disappointing aspect of the movie is that it is ordinary without urgency or revelation

The movie has good entertainment value and is worth seeing for yourself. We rate the movie as good.