Five years after the death of Caesar, his younger son Cornelius becomes the next king of the ape colony at the apes' new home at an oasis, where they built a village. They all live peacefully in their new home until one day, a greedy, ruthless ape-hating human survivor named David "Dave" Schaffner tries to start a massacre of the apes and wipe out the entire ape community for good. It's up to Cornelius and his army to stop Dave and his human army before it's too late