Rise of the Planet of the Apes

In San Francisco, scientist Will Rodman tests the drug ALZ-112 on chimps, hoping to cure Alzheimer's. A treated female is killed, and Will takes home her baby, Caesar, who inherited his mother's intelligence. Caesar grows up with Will and his father, Charles, until he attacks a neighbor to protect the old man. He ends up in a primate shelter, where he's abused by keeper Dodge Landon and becomes leader of the apes, with Maurice, Buck and Koba. Meanwhile, the company makes ALZ-113, a stronger gas that kills assistant Franklin and infects neighbor Hunsiker. Caesar steals the gas, makes the apes smarter and says "No!" They break out across the Golden Gate Bridge and hide in the forest. Will accepts that Caesar stays. Left open: the virus starts to spread.

• Mid-credits Early in the credits, the neighbor Hunsiker, an infected pilot, arrives at San Francisco airport for a flight to New York, his nose bleeding. The credits then roll over a map of flight paths spreading across the globe, tracing the virus from city to city.

1. ReferenceThe Icarus launches and vanishes

   TV and newspaper reports cover the manned Icarus mission, which is later declared lost in space. Icarus is the name of Taylor's ship in the 1968 film.

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2. ReferenceA toy Statue of Liberty

   Caesar puts together a small toy Statue of Liberty at Will's house. It's a nod to the original series.

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3. ReferenceDodge Landon and Heston's line

   Keeper Dodge Landon's name combines two astronauts from the 1968 film. He's also the one who gets Taylor's most famous line: "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!"

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4. CameoCharlton Heston on TV

   Charlton Heston, the original Taylor, shows up on a TV in the background, in a clip from The Agony and the Ecstasy.

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