Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Adam Peters (71%) An enjoyable, well-made, and very 70's ape movie that turns a full cycle on the original's brilliant premise. The writing throughout is really quite sharp, and the "apes" do come across as more than a little bit charming and likable which is thanks mainly to the good performances of the heavily made up actors. And just like the original there's a ton of political meaning and truth (government agencies are real bastards and are not to be trusted under any reason), and the ending is pretty harrowing and brave for a mass market movie. Overall well worth a look for almost everybody as I was taken by how watchable it is.

Leofwine_draca The third of the original PLANET OF THE APES series, following on from the classic original and the bombastic follow-up. This one's much lower-key and subdued, mainly because it was made on a budget clearly a lot lower than in the first two films. No futuristic worlds or societies here, just a simple fish-out-of-water story instead.It's also a disappointing movie, mainly because nothing much happens until the climax. The script is lacklustre, with hardly any moments of incident or excitement (even an early death seems to have been squeezed in just to get rid of an extraneous character). Instead, we get tons upon tons of exposition and lots of dumb light comedy scenes in which the apes attempt to be human by dressing up and getting drunk.The best thing about the movie is Roddy McDowall, who once more delivers a pitch-perfect turn as an intelligent simian; he was much missed in the last instalment, so it's great to see him back. Not so Kim Hunter, who's a bit irritating here. Still, the supporting cast is decent: Bradford Dillman, Ricardo Montalban and Eric Braeden all deliver solid turns. Then there's that ending, totally at odd with the rest of the film's spirit, but by far the best thing about it in my opinion. If only the rest of the film could have been like it...

DKosty123 This sequel is a different flavor from others in the series. The chimps travel back 2000 years in Taylor's ship to the time man rules the earth and makes a mess of it. The thing is Tsylor's ship sank into a deep ocean in the first movie. There is no way the apes of the future had technology to bring this space craft back up to travel back. I should have been the rescue craft that landed on dry land.Once you get past that fact, this script is cute though the humans are made to look very very stupid. Eric Braedan's character in this movie is no where near as smart as Victor on the Young and Restless. Zira gets to shin on this one because she is having the baby and making all the statements the media likes. That is because she is talking peace and of how women should be treated better. William Windom, always a great character actor makes a better President here than we have elected in a long time. Ricardo Montoban is excellent in a limited role in this one.I do like some of the intellectual banter that Braeden makes but the theory that we have to kill Zira's baby to prevent the Ape Future does not hold water. It would not explain the evolution of the apes correctly under any circumstance. There is some meat in the script but too much does not make sense and it is made on the cheap as the night time dark sets suggest. Still, for my money this is by far the best cast of most of the films.

Jamie Spraggon This is the 3rd chapter in the McDowell ape films this 1971 film stars Roddy McDowell, Kim Hunter & Bradford Dillman. Roddy McDowell & Kim Hunter continue their roles as Cornelius and Zira in this film they travel to present day at first they are feared and imprisoned but at their court hearing they become sensations where they are taken from the zoo to a 5 star hotel, they are wined and dined and treated like celebrities until Zira falls pregnant then they have to fight for their lives but they have the help of Dillman and his colleague Natalie Trundy. A good entry to the ape saga much better then the 2nd one beneath the planet of the apes but for me the stand-out in the series is the 1968 classic Planet of the apes. ***/*****