At one point during Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ long final third, a character we’re meant to see as a misguided villain warns another character we’re meant to see as heroic that they’ve “got to stop thinking about the way things were and start thinking about the way things are.”

The problem is... that’s actually good advice, if not in the context of this specific scene then at least for studio executives charting the course of Planet of the Apes.

Full review at ScreenCrush.