(INSECTS CHIRP) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) WHISPERS: Captain! WHISPERS: Is that a trench? It looks like there's more of them inside. Echo 26 to command. Colonel, we've got eyes on three Kong in the north woods. One of them is armed. And our donkeys just spotted another trench. Maybe the base is near. Yes, sir. Yes, sir, copy. Over. Hey, donkey. Preacher. The one with the gun. As soon as the gunner's down, you guys take out the trench. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. (HORSE WHINNIES) Fire! (APES SCREECH) Come on! (SCREECHING) (SCREECHING) (APES YELL) (HORSE WHINNIES) (WHOOPING) Reload! (DREAMLIKE ECHOES) (WHOOPING) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (ARROWS WHOOSH) Fall back! Fall back! Colonel, do you copy? Colonel! Who is this? Preacher, sir! It's Preacher! Where are you, soldier? I need your position. I don't know! What do you see? I can't see anything, sir. We lost a lot of men, and the captain is dead, sir. OK, calm down. You're in command now. Command, sir? I think it's just me all by myself now. Take control. (APES SCREECH) Colonel, I don't think I'm gonna make it, sir. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, sir. Listen to me. You kill as many as you can. No! No, no! You're him. You're Caesar. We've been searching for you for so long. We heard you had a hidden command base. But we could never find it. Some of us started to think that you might be dead. But Colonel McCullough said you were out here somewhere. Just kill us already. Shut up, man! What? They're animals. He's gonna slaughter us. I did not start this war. The ape who did is dead. His name was Koba. I killed him. Now, I fight only to protect apes. Yeah? What about him? We've got 10 more just like him. I know these apes. They follow Koba. They tried to kill me. They fear what I will do to them. So now, they serve you. Just to survive. I don't fear you. You must fear. How long you think woods can protect you? Humans destroy you. Their Kerna has all power. For them, he more than just human. He everything. He say first Caesar die, then all of you die. (WHOOPING) You're letting us go? Tell your Colonel you have seen me now, and I have a message for him. Leave us the woods, and the killing can stop. They are the message, Maurice. He will see we are not savages. (ROARING) Koba still haunts us. Why didn't I see that he could not forgive what humans did to him? (HORN) (WHOOPING) Welcome home, Rocket. You look tired. Come. * Yes. We must find a safe way out of the woods. There were only two of you. But we are... many. We will find a way out of here. Apes together... strong. (WHOOPING) (WATER ROARS) Luca, get Rocket, too. Lima four to command. Colonel` Argh! (APE GRUNTS) (APES ROAR) Rocket! What happened? ON RADIO: 99, target acquired. 99, target acquired. Repeat. King Kong is dead. Let's go. I can get out from here. (ROARS FURIOUSLY) (PANTS) Cornelius. (WHIMPERS) You're safe now. Lake... You loved my son. Look after his brother until I return. No. Go with Lake. Not them. Him. You must. The soldiers will be back soon. When I find him, the soldiers will all come after me. That may give you the best chance to get out of the woods. No. I may not make it back. Search the area. (GRUNTING) I'm just gonna put this down. (CLATTER) Look around. Take what you can. (WHIMPERS) Come. We cannot take her, Maurice. (CROWD MURMURS) (APPLAUSE) Genius ` it doesn't need Silicon Valley. Hutt Valley is just fine. (LIGHT, UPBEAT MUSIC) It doesn't need Wall Street, experience, or to follow a traditional path. All genius really needs is opportunity,... * No. Winter. Where's the Colonel? Gone? What border? Why? My son... my wife... are dead. (HOOTS EMOTIONALLY) Koba! Ape... not kill ape. (WIND WHISTLES) (MEN SHOUT DISTANTLY) They stopped. - (GUNSHOTS) - Get down! I don't know. (GROANS) (GROANS) Why did they shoot you? (GRUNTS) Luca... Winter said they were going to a border. (ROARING) Bad... Ape! Bad... Ape. Are you alone here? Cold? Cold. I see girl, I think you human. But you ape. Like me. No, no, no, put down. How long have you been here? Long time. Long, long time. Home. Old home. Are there more like you? More apes from zoo. Dead. All dead. Long time. Human get sick. Ape get smart. Then human kill ape. But not me. I run. You learn to speak... Listen. Human... 'Bad Ape!' Bad Ape. (METAL SCRAPES) No. No touch. That's mine. I'm OK! Eat! Eat. New friends. Special day. Where did you get this? Bad place. I find long time ago. After zoo, I look for food... I find human zoo. Zoo for sick. Big walls. Sick human Climb. Bad human kill. And then, all get sick. All dead now for a long time. Long time. Bad humans? Soldiers? Soldiers. Is it far? Can you take us? Human zoo? No. No, no go back there. Everyone dead. I come here. Very safe here. Never go back. Please, you must take us! No! No! Cannot take! Cannot take. No! No! Look! Look! More snow. Cannot go. Must stay. You eat, you rest. Stay here with me. Here, you keep. She keep. * Who is... child? I don't know. But she with you. She has no one else. I see you look at her just now. Look sad. You have child? One. The other was killed by human. Soldier? I... had... child. You think you will find him... at human zoo? Soldier? I don't know. Maybe. Then... maybe... I take you. Luca, come. Let's go closer. Keep them safe. I don't know. I don't see riders. Hold it! They must pay. It was a mistake bringing you all. This is my fight. I will finish this alone. Go. Now. Join the others. What... happened? Use you? What... What kind of work? Wait. My little son. Is he here? Grant and Lee. Wellington... and Napoleon. Custer... and Sitting Bull. You're probably not much of a reader. But this is a big moment. Where were you? We came upon your herd. We got lucky. But I was surprised you weren't with them. (ROARS) Hey, hey, hey! I hope you don't come to regret sparing his life. He's quite a good shot. Have you finally come to save your apes? I came for you. For me? Who did I kill that night? My wife. My son. I'm sorry. I was there for you. My God. Look at your eyes. Almost human. How did you know I was here? I was told you were coming. That more soldiers from the North would be joining you here. Joining me? To finish us off. For good. Who told you that? OK. Let's go. * Lake... (WHIMPERING) What have I done? (MARCHING FEET STAMP) Battalion, halt! Blood! ALL: Makes the grass grow! We! ALL: Make the blood flow! We are the beginning! ALL: And the end! (ALL YELL) (WHISTLES BLOW) ('THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER' PLAYS OVER PA) (SOLDIERS YELL) Why do they need a wall? (ELECTRIC MOTORS WHIRR) Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Donkey! Get him. OK, OK, OK... Leave him! (APES WHOOP) Tell them to get back to work. Apes need food and water. Tell them. Give them food and water. (GUNSHOT) Five... four... (LAKE GRUNTS) ...three... two... String him up, donkey. Bad... place. Bad, bad place. What you see? Oh no! Why so small? (MAURICE SIGHS) Oh... What did the Colonel promise you? You really think he'll let you live after we are gone? You let them call you 'donkey.' You are ape. Kerna want see you. (JIMI HENDRIX'S 'HEY JOE' PLAYS) # Hey, Joe. # Where you goin' with that gun in your hand? # Hey, Joe. # I said, where you goin' with that gun in your hand? Interfere with the work again and I'll begin slaughtering the apes one by one. Understand? I need that wall. Apes need food and water. They'll get food and water when they finish their work. Give apes food and water or they cannot finish. You know, you're very emotional. What makes you think you're in a position to make demands? OK, let's go. The soldiers who are coming here, they're not coming to join you, are they? I saw men outside on the wall, preparing for battle. They told me you were smart, but that's impressive. No. They won't be joining me. They are against you? They fear me. Why? Because you kill your own men? We found bodies. Something wrong with these men. Jesus Christ, you are impressive. Well, you paint quite a picture. What you must think of me. I think you have no mercy. You came here to kill me. Were you gonna show me mercy? I showed you mercy when I spared your men. I offered you peace and you killed my family. Mercy. You have any idea what your mercy would do to us? You're much stronger than we are. You're smart as hell. No matter what you say, you'd eventually replace us. That's the law of nature. The irony is we created you. We tried to defy nature, bend it to our will. Nature has been punishing us for our arrogance ever since. 10 months ago, I sent out recon units to look for your base. My own son was a soldier with one of the units. One day, he suddenly stopped speaking. He became primitive, like an animal. They contacted me and said that they thought he'd lost his mind, that the war was too much for him. Then the man who cared for him stopped speaking too. Their medic had a theory, before he stopped speaking,... that the virus that almost wiped us out, the virus that every human survivor still carries, had suddenly changed,... mutated. And that if it spread, it would destroy humanity for good this time. Not by killing us, but by robbing us of those things that make us human. Our speech, our higher thinking. It would turn us into beasts. You talk about mercy? What would you have done? It was a moment of clarity for me. I realised that I would have to sacrifice my only son so that humanity could be saved. I held that gun in my hand for a long time. I pointed it at my only child. He looked at me,... trust in his eyes. Even in his primitive gaze,... I felt his... love. I pulled the trigger. It purified me. It made my purpose clear. I gave the orders to kill the other infected ` all of them ` burn their belongings and anything that might spread contamination. Some of the men questioned my judgement. I was asking them to do what I had done. Sacrifice their friends, their family. Of course, they refused. So I had them killed too. Others with children deserted into the woods. One of those cowards fled to my superiors up north. They tried to convince me this plague could be dealt with medically. That's when I realised that they had learned nothing... from our past. You killed them too? What did I do, Preacher? You severed their heads, sir. Except for the one I spared so that he could return and deliver a message. If they wanted to relieve me of my command, they would have to meet me here and do it themselves. This used to be a weapons depot. They turned it into a relocation camp when the crisis was just beginning. But the weapons are still here, inside the mountain. How many men will be coming? Probably all of them. But don't get any ideas. The only thing they fear more than me is you apes. This is... a holy war. All of human history has led to this moment. If we lose,... we'll be the last of our kind. It will be a planet of apes. And we will become your cattle. Look at you. You think I'm sick, don't you? I didn't mean to kill your son. But if his destiny was to inherit your unholy kingdom,... I'm glad I did it. (ROARS) Hey! Hey! Get back! Donkey, hold him! Hey! (ROARS) So emotional! I can see how conflicted you are. You're confused in your purpose. You are angry at me for something I did that was an act of war. But you're taking this all much too personally. What do you think my men would have done to your apes if you had killed me? Or is killing me more important? * In? In? No! No go in! No... (HORSE WHINNIES) Friends. Friends. No, no go in. No go in` (CRASH!) Friend! Friend! Thank you. Thank you, friend. (WHISTLE TRILLS) No! No! No! No! No climb! What? What you see? Oh no. Friend! No. No. No. No. No! Come! Come! Come! Come back! Come! No, come! Come! Come! Come! Koba! Sleep. You cannot save them. Apes all die here. No! Yes. Join me. If he's still alive in the morning,... he goes to work like everyone else or you shoot him. Come! Come, come. She go in! Hide! Quick! (APES WHOOP, MEN SHOUT) Arms up! Watch it! Watch it! Keep 'em up! Follow him down. Keep 'em up! Are there others out there? Sweep the area. Put him in the pen. We are the beginning! ALL: And the end! (ALL YELL) Still alive. Send him to the quarry alone. Hold on. What is this? How did this get in there? Get him to work. Beat sensitivity pain fast... ..with our new Sensodyne Rapid Relief formulation - clinically proven relief at just 60 seconds. * You know Kerna shoot apes when wall is done. His wall is madness. It won't save him... any more than it will save you. I save myself. Is there anything left of you to save? I do. Nova. Nova. Come! Come! Come see! Come see! Come! Come see! 34, 35, 36, 37... 37! I do. What now? What? Oh, no! Oh, no! No, no! No, no, no... (ROARS) OK. Bad ape. Bad ape. (SPLAT!) Hey! You animals! Argh! Who did that? Who did that?! Huh? Who was it? Was it you? (SPLAT!) (GRUNTS) I love you, son. * Go, go, go. Hurry. You must go. Maurice was right. I am... like Koba. He could not... escape his hate. And I still cannot escape mine. Go, go, go. MAN: Fire! (ROCKETS WHOOSH) (SIREN WAILS) (SOLDIERS SHOUT) Colonel! Colonel! Where the hell is he? Down! Down! Down! Get down! (GRUNTS) Take 'em out! (BANGING ON DOOR) Colonel, are you in there? Colonel! Just break it down! (CRASH!) (GUNFIRE ECHOES DISTANTLY) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (SOUND FADES) (POIGNANT MUSIC CONTINUES) Donkey! Grenade launcher! God damn it, donkey! Get me the launcher! (GAS WHISTLES) (WIND WHISTLES) (SOLDIERS YELL DISTANTLY) (SOLDIERS CHEER) (DEEP RUMBLING) Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! (WHOOPING) Don't worry,... Maurice. You are all home now. Apes are strong. With... or without me. Son... will know... who... was... father. And what... Caesar... did... for us. Caesar... Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Able 2019