And what an island! Plus-sized butterflies! Miniature elephants! A monster frill-necked lizard with anger-management issues!

The downside? California is torn apart by earthquakes. The up? The Rock!

Primatologist David Okoye shares an extra-special bond with George, a fiercely intelligent gorilla with a giant heart. But their bromance goes south when a canister of weaponised DNA lands in George’s leafy domain.