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Plot Summary
Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter reprise their roles from the original Planet of the Apes in this third chapter of the Apes saga. Two intelligent simians from the future, Cornelius (McDowall) and Zire (Hunter) travel to present-day Earth. They become instant sensations, wined and dined and treated like celebrities - until a high-level plot forces them to run for their lives!
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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78%- Reviews Counted: 23
- Fresh: 18
- Rotten: 5
- Average Rating: 5.7/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: One of the better new movies in town, and better in a genre -- science-fiction -- that at the crucial middle level where the history of movies is made, if not written, has recently been not so much bad as invisible.
Fresh: Escape from the Planet of the Apes is an excellent film, almost as good as the original Planet of the Apes.
Rotten: It's a long way down from even the second in the series.
Fresh: It works fairly well as the central movie of the franchise but will have little to offer non-devotees.
Customer Reviews
Planet of the Apes movies.... Strange but good
Hey, LaughingGodzilla, weren't you listening when Zira said that the space ship washed up on the shore? that's when they got it. The only reason that this movie didn't get five stars from me is that it's too sad in the end to earn it. All of these shows are just one tragedy after another. seriously, haven't these guys heard of a happy ending? but even so, these are pretty good movies. Strange but good. They teach a good lesson about the horror of war.
A GOOD SEQUEL
If you loved The Planet of The Apes, you are most certain to enjoy this movie as well.
"Intelligent creature...but then, so was your mother."- Khan, I mean Armando.
Oh boy. This is one that I will have a hard time reviewing. Why? For one thing, Rottentomatoes says that this is 79% fresh, yet Beneath the Planet of the Apes.....a cult classic that has been celebrated and parodied was 41% fresh. Bull. This film is to this series what Superman III was to the Superman series.........just silly. Now, the explanation of how these apes escaped the explosion is beyond me [they used Taylor's spaceship..........even though last time I checked it sank to the bottom of the lake.......what? Did these apes have diving gear or something?!]. I cannot give this film too much of a negative review because of Dr. Charles Forbin.........I mean Eric Braeden's performance and the late Ricardo Montalban's performance in this film. [Seriously, no Khan jokes......I already did one in the title portion of the review]. Another reason I cannot give this one a negative review is that because even though the last two Apes films didn't give any legway of a sequel this one actually gave the chance of sequels....though I enjoy these films I still found them to be kind of pointless.
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- Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Released: 1971
- © 1971 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Apjac Productions, Inc. Renewed 1999 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
Available Bundle
- Planet of the Apes Legacy Bundle
- Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Released: Jun 30, 2014
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