Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Battle for the Planet of the Apes
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Directed by: J. Lee Thompson

Overview

The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Reviews (5)

  • Ian Beale (Rated: 8)

    The best of the sequels

    Battle for the Planet of the Apes is the best of the Planet of the Apes sequels - a film packed with emotion and incident. Caesar (Roddy McDowall) seeks his parents in the ruins of a destroyrd city and irks a gang of crazed freaks who all wear silly hats and _skiing ...

  • John Chard (Rated: 4)

    In the beginning God created beast and man so that both might live in friendship and share dominion over a world of peace.

    The original Planet of the Apes film franchise closed down with a whimper as budget restrictions, general screenplay lethargy and contempt of familiarity swamps the productio...

  • r96sk (Rated: 6)

    A limp way for the original franchise to finish.

    Its predecessor, 'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes', was a weak entry too but remained watchable, though 'Battle for the Planet of the Apes' kinda straddles the other side as it's uninteresting. I didn't dislike it and it is ver...

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 6)

    Well the last film was last year, but that's ten years for an ape so we now find "Caesar" (Roddy McDowell) living with his family and presiding over what I think Shakespeare referred to as a "loose confederation of warring tribes". The militaristic gorillas, led by "Aldo" (Claude Atkins) are just it...

  • Wuchak (Rated: 7)

    The most comic booky of the original five films, but sociologically interesting

    A dozen years after a nuclear war, Caesar (Roddy McDowell) oversees a village of apes mixed with subservient humans. He and his advisor (Paul Williams), as well as Ceasar’s human assistant (Austin Stoker), make ...

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