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Serkis delivers what should have been an Oscar-winning performance as Caesar, a character trying to negotiate his desire to lead the apes to harmony with a newfound vengeful bloodlust.
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Barry Levitt, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Inflicting the death penalty on them would achieve nothing beyond satisfying the public’s bloodlust.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
Once again, we’re reminded that no one wins in a fight, except the moviegoer, who gets to satisfy an inherent bloodlust by indulging in the second-hand thrills of an epic barroom brawl in Margaritaville.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2024
The film’s most unsettling scenes connect Becker’s murder spree with the bloodlust of the German public, foreshadowing the Nazis’ rise to power just a few years later.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
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Barry Levitt, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Inflicting the death penalty on them would achieve nothing beyond satisfying the public’s bloodlust.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
Once again, we’re reminded that no one wins in a fight, except the moviegoer, who gets to satisfy an inherent bloodlust by indulging in the second-hand thrills of an epic barroom brawl in Margaritaville.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2024
The film’s most unsettling scenes connect Becker’s murder spree with the bloodlust of the German public, foreshadowing the Nazis’ rise to power just a few years later.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Bloodlust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodlust. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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