It wasn't the apes. It was capitalism killed humanity.
Capitalism in this instance being represented by private bioengineering outfit Gen-Sys. Researcher Will Rodman (James Franco) is on the brink of discovering a breakthrough cure for Alzheimer's involving a particular virus strain and is testing the drug on chimps. Assisting him is lab techie Robert Franklin (Tyler Labine of Reaper the TV series fame), who discovers that something is terribly amiss even when Gen-Sys boss Steven Jacobs (David Oyelowo) pushes to fast-track proceedings to start bringing in the greenbacks.
Unbeknownst to Jacobs, what he's really done is fast-tracking humanity's demise. So, when generations later Cracked.com would run an article on ten things that did humanity in, Rodman and Jacobs would rank way up on the list, which I don't suppose is a good thing, especially when the article would literally be written by wisecracking chimps.
Rise is a bad case of Murphy's Law that taps into today's zeitgeist for inspiration.
(Running time: 105 minutes)
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