Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Scott LeBrun 20 years after the events of "Escape from the Planet of the Apes", circus owner Armando (Ricardo Montalban) is trying to help Caesar (Roddy McDowall), the offspring of the late Cornelius and Zira, attain freedom, knowing full well that his power of speech will mark him as dangerous to the future of man. Of course, things naturally go from bad to worse in a hurry. The story shows how in the year 1983, all cats and dogs died off, and apes replaced them as family pets. But the apes evolved and grew a great deal in eight years, and mans' inhumanity to his fellow creatures has turned many apes into mistreated slaves. Ultimately, Caesar will lead a revolt."Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" is a typically interesting entry in this generally well regarded series. Some people will inevitably be turned off by the grisly violence (which is even more pronounced in the unrated version), but those with stronger stomachs will find this to be a rousing and potent entertainment. It's not exactly subtle about its themes, and messages, but it proves to be utterly compelling just the same. One can't help but side with the apes, and despise human villains such as hard-driving, ape-hating Governor Breck (Don Murray) and his flunky Kolp (Severn Darden). It's very well paced, clocking in at a reasonable 87 minutes (88 minutes in unrated form), and has some well staged action. It gets off to quite an energetic start, and offers little in the way of let-up. The viewer easily sides with the apes, and enthusiastically cheers them on. It may be uncomfortable to witness their ultimate blood lust, but it's still understandable.McDowall is great as usual. His final monologue is pretty powerful. Murray is rather over the top, but is also amusing with the way that he over enunciates words at times. Montalban is so wonderful that you miss the character once he's written out of the story. Hari Rhodes is excellent as a man named MacDonald, who more than anybody understands where the apes are coming from. Familiar faces in small roles include John Randolph, John Dennis, and Gordon Jump. Supporting player Lou Wagner was a series veteran; Buck Kartalian had also appeared in the classic original film.Very well directed by J. Lee Thompson, this is solid entertainment that offers a scathing indictment of human ignorance, bigotry, and fear.Eight out of 10.

classicsoncall I watched this film out of sequence, not having seen "Escape From the Planet of the Apes" just yet. It didn't take long to get up to speed after reading up a bit on the prior movie, but even so, if you think about the premise of the film, it's a lot like the Terminator series - it just couldn't possibly have happened. If Cornelius and Zira had traveled to the past from the future, they couldn't have existed in the future for the original film of the series, or it's first sequel. Better not to think about it too much.One thing's probably true though, it must have been a lot of fun for the actors in the ape outfits to essentially go ape in the story. When the rioting started, it was cool to see Roddy McDowall's Caesar character leading the charge. However it was kind of startling to see how vicious he became before he calmed down long enough to proclaim a semblance of reason to prophesy the film that started the series - "We, who are not human, can afford to be humane." As popular as the films became in the Seventies, I think that for maximum impact, one needs only see the first two films before the series got watered down with the time loop aspect of the third and fourth sequel.

Anssi Vartiainen The problem with these Planet of the Apes sequels seems to be that they get too ambitious or hasty with their stories. In the third film it worked because of great actors and because it actually flowed well with the original film. In this case the story flows well with the original, but not at all with the previous two.What do I mean by that? Well, the events of the second film paved the way for the third film which was supposed to work as a prequel to the original, in its own way. And thus this film is trying to bridge the gap between the third and the original. Explain how the planet of the apes came to be. The only problem is that it insists on using the characters from the third film, and that simply doesn't work timeline-wise. The world has changed a lot between the two movies and not in a realistic manner. It like a magician snapped his fingers and suddenly the world was abruptly changed in the blink of an eye.Not helping the matters is that the film doesn't quite have the scope, the talent or the budget to pull of the story it wants to tell. It has a big climax, but you don't buy it as well as you should.Still, the characters are nice, especially Caesar, played by Roddy McDowall, who also played Caesar's father Cornelius in two of the previous films. It's shame that they couldn't work Kim Hunter back in some way, but McDowall is nice as well.Still, if you've liked the films so far, I don't think you should stop at this point. It's nowhere near as good as the original, or even the third one, but it's worth watching in order to get the full experience.

Jamie Spraggon The fourth installment in the ape saga was a let down it stars Roddy McDowell, Don Murray & Ricardo Montalban. The film is set in the future people have substituted cats & dogs with apes as their household pets and apes are also used as slaves or "personal assistants" this carry's on until one advanced ape (McDowell) to lead a revolt that marks the beginning of the ape revolution. In my opinion this is the WORST one in the ape series if you have read my other reviews you will know that the 1968 Planet of the apes is my favourite in the series. The fourth installment was directed by J.Lee Thompson.**/*****