Much of our best media reflects a mirror on society, and forces us to look at ourselves and wonder about the choices we make and their consequences. The Planet of the Apes franchise has always followed this maxim, encouraging humanity to look back at itself in an effort to understand human nature through the lens of a simian guise. In Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, ape society takes many forms, but there are glimpses of the human civilzations and subcultures they resemble, and sometimes what’s revealed is pretty unflattering.