What do you get when you take an original classic science fiction movie and put it in the hands of Tim Burton? You get an all new sci-fi thriller like no other. You have to expect great things from the same man who directed such films as Batman, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and Sleepy Hollow though. He can always make an old story a lot more interesting, and even a little bit twisted sometimes.
A lot of classic movies get digitally remastered and rereleased like Star Wars did, but the all new Planet of The Apes movie is nothing like this. The same concept and ideas were used from the old movie, but with a whole new crew of great actors and actresses, and an awesome director. This movie has really taken the idea of reverse evolution to a whole new level of fun and excitement. .
The movie starts out similar to the original in a United States spacecraft deep in outer space. This time instead of Taylor, as you may remember was played by actor Charlton Heston, we get introduced to Captain Leo Davidson played by the one and only Mark Wahlberg. Captain Davidson is an astronaut who trains monkeys to do special research missions in outer space. Well, Leo thinks that it would be better if they would sent out a real person instead of a monkey, so he decides to go out there himself. Believe it or not he gets caught up in an electro-magnetic storm and hurled through time. He crash lands on a planet that very much resembles Earth, but it turns out to be the exact opposite.
In this far away place humans just happen to be the lowest on the chain of primates. Which in turn, means that the apes are the highest, and most sophisticated. Apes ruled every aspect of human life. Could you imagine being a slave, or even a pet to an ape? Well Mark Wahlberg's character, Leo Davidson, experienced all of these things. He was hunted down and captured by apes and then he was sold as a slave and a pet to the daughter of the wealthiest ape around.
