The humans' request sparks torment in Caesar and sets the plot in motion.
They claim to seek nothing but peace and comfort. These humans ask Caesar if they can please reactivate the dormant hydroelectric plant in the woods to restore power to San Francisco, where a few hundred plague survivors have settled amid stone-age squalor. A small group led by Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke and Keri Russell appears. Caesar and his fellow apes have settled in the forest amid remnants of a civilization cast into ruin by simian flu. The mostly excellent "Dawn" expands and complicates Ceasar's story by showing the aftermath of revolution, when the romance of rebellion has faded and boring old reality sinks in. You felt his pain, and cheered when he stood up for himself. You identified with him completely, as you did with King Kong, Frankenstein's monster and Dumbo. Caesar was your entry point into the story. The film's insistence on anchoring every event in strong, simple emotions-most of them originating in the constantly evolving character of Caesar-made "Rise" surprisingly intimate and wrenching. It was about an ordinary ape realizing his extraordinary potential and becoming, pun intended, a guerilla warrior, inspiring his brothers and sisters to overthrow their human oppressors and make a homeland in the Northern California forest. But for the most part "Rise" was a traditional hero's journey. There were political elements in the script, mainly having to do with the ethics of animal testing. His backstory fused the title character of "Flowers for Algernon"-about a simple man implanted with extraordinary intelligence by a scientist-with Spartacus. "Rise" portrayed Caesar as a victim turned rebel.
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