>*"What a wonderful day!"*

Weaker than everything we've seen in the past trilogy, and for that it's underwhelming but ***Kingdom*** is still a decent movie overall. I almost went with a lower rating because a lot of this movie is so generic, predictable and it feels like we're focusing on the wrong stuff a lot of the time. With a timeskip like that you have the opportunity to reinvent the whole franchise and make new rules but it's all so... familiar.

The characters are it's biggest strength, what they did with Noa and Mae has me invested for the next entry. The direction seems predictable to me but I might be surprised. Raka was my favorite, an improvement over Maurice. Proximus was a good villain, his viewpoint and motivations are clear and I get where he's coming from. I love the focus on the legacy of Caesar in this movie and nothing can be more evil than a villain who messes with that.

This one was definitely overlong and not nearly enough action for all that runtime. The action we got was good for the most part but nothing that blew my mind. The bunker fits in the franchise perfectly, I even thought they were remaking *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* for a second there but it took another route. Perfect CGI and good-looking movie in general. No idea who to root for by the end and I like that but i'm not sure if it's fresh enough to reignite a new franchise.