★★★

Three hundred years have passed since our last visit to the Planet of the Apes. It’s felt like it. In real world terms, that’s seven years since Andy Serkis’ Caesar expired his mortal coil, mere moments after his band of superior simians finally reached the paradisal Oasis. The legacy of Serkis – and, indeed, his chimpanzee counterpart – weigh heavily on Kingdom, film four in the reboot era. Coming from an already high bar, the advancement is astonishing and the apes have never looked, nor swung, better. Humanity, meanwhile, has regressed. You decide on which side of the screen.