巨石强森饰演的灵长类动物学家一直与人类保持距离, 却跟极为聪明的银背大猩猩乔治有着深厚的感情。但是一次基因实验出错, 让这只温驯的大猩猩变成狂怒难驯的庞然巨兽。更可怕的是, 其他动物也发生了同样基因异变。他必须阻止这场全球性的灾难, 更重要是要拯救他的好友乔治。Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry transforms this gentle ape into a raging monster. As these newly created monsters tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.