In order to allow his father, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, to return to normal life, Will Roman (James Franco) has been committed to the development of a genetic drug called "Cure" and has been conducting drug trials on gorillas. While the company has lost confidence, Will continues to complete the experiment at home and succeeds in a gorilla named Caesar. With the help of primatologist Carolyn (Freida Pinto), Will finds that Caesar's intelligence has greatly improved. However, human society has never been able to accept Caesar, who has extremely high intelligence, and Caesar was sent to the gorilla care center. The cruel treatment of the care center made Caesar use his wisdom to fight, and finally rescued other gorillas who were imprisoned at the same time, and used Cure on them all. The war between a group of highly intelligent gorillas and humans has begun. This film was nominated for the 84th Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.