凯撒（安迪·瑟金斯 饰）领导的猿族将被迫与残暴的Colonel（伍迪·哈里森 饰）领导的人类军队上演一场生死大战。猿族在战斗中遭遇了前所未有的重创，由此激发了凯撒内心中黑暗的一面，心中燃起复仇的烈火。最终，凯撒与Colonel面对面进行了一场关乎猿族和人类命运的终极之战。

A psychological drama centered around world-famous turn-of-the-century photographer, Eadweard Muybridge who photographed nude and deformed subjects, became the godfather of cinema, murdered his wife's lover, and was the last American to receive the justifiable homicide verdict.