War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

In 2028, two years after the bonobo Koba attacked the human survivors in San Francisco, Caesar and his tribe of intelligent apes have been forced to fight against a rogue U.S. military faction known as Alpha-Omega led by a ruthless colonel. Alpha-Omega employs other apes, derogatorily called “donkeys”. An Alpha-Omega platoon launches an attack on an ape outpost, but it fails and four soldiers, including one named Preacher and a “donkey” gorilla named Red, are captured. Caesar releases the humans, hoping to show the Colonel that the apes are not savages; Red escapes by injuring the albino gorilla named Winter. Caesar’s eldest son Blue Eyes and lieutenant Rocket return from a long journey. Blue Eyes reports that they found a place, across a desert, that is ideal for the apes. Despite an uneasy Winter asserting that the apes should leave immediately, Caesar decides they need to prepare first. That night, the Colonel leads a team in infiltrating the apes’ home, killing Blue Eyes and Caesar’s wife Cornelia. The apes are unable to find Winter, who they believe betrayed them to the Colonel.

As the tribe gathers to journey to safety, Caesar leaves his youngest son, Cornelius, in the care of Blue Eyes’ wife Lake, then departs to serve as a decoy for the others. Accompanied by Rocket, orangutan Maurice, and gorilla Luca, they enter a desolate village, where they find a soldier. After Caesar kills him in self-defense, they find a mute girl, who Maurice befriends, giving her a rag doll. They find Winter, now a “donkey”, at an Alpha-Omega camp. Winter says that the Colonel has left, then attempts to call out for help, but the other apes restrain Winter and accidentally suffocate him. While following the Alpha-Omega force, the apes discover soldiers shot and left for dead. Their examination of a dying soldier reveals that he is mute like the girl.