Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

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Ten years after conquering the Earth, ape leader Caesar wants the ruling apes and enslaves humans to live in peace. But warning factions of apes led by a militant gorilla general as well as various human groups threaten the stability. (imdb)

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Directed By: J. Lee Thompson

Written By: Pierre Boulle, Paul Dehn

Starring: Roddy McDowall, John Huston, Lew Ayres, Claude Akins, Colleen Camp, Paul Williams, Severn Darden, France Nuyen, Austin Stoker, Natalie Trundy, Richard Eastham, Noah Keen

Genres: Drama, Sci-fi, Action

Franchise: Planet of the Apes

Country: USA

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Date	User	Rating
Aug 27, 2021	overrated	23 _14th
The worst of the original five films by a mile, it basically exists to reinforce the inferior amended ending of Conquest. I want to know how they persuaded John Huston to be in this and put on an orangutan costume.
Oct 02, 2020	julesfmb	61 _41st
Far from terrible.
Aug 25, 2019	lance20000	50 _22nd
Easily the worst of the original 5 movies, yet I appreciate it for what it is. It is very straightforward and it brings the original series to a close. I appreciate that they brought the mutants back and brought everything home with a relatively satisfying conclusion. Despite not being great, it is worth watching in my opinion and if you enjoyed the series up to this point you won't be disappointed.
Jan 15, 2019	Lonewolf2003	70 _42nd
A few decades afters the previous movie human have destroyed most of the world in a nuclear war and Caesar lives and rules in a small society in which apes and humans live together (but not equally). The budget by now is very low and that starts to show in the lack of extras and production design. Still I liked how this society was depicted and it was pretty entertaining.
Mar 10, 2018	INDYATMN	64 _16th
The ending of the last film suggested there was no more story to tell & so it is. This does initially manage to carve out yet another rung of human-ape relations & provides one of the series' better metaphors for race relations (re: the rules surrounding the N-word), but after that, it's at least an excruciatingly long hour of well telegraphed & unimpressive confrontations. Given what the series has done before the climax is still uncertain, but it's taken far too long to get there.
Dec 01, 2017	PetrosTser	40 _9th
The lowest point of the franchise. The budget is clearly low, the acting fairly bad, the photography and overall direction mediocre and the tempo slow. The duration might be small but a lot of scenes are longer than they should be and that just goes to show how sketchy this film is. Moreover, the philosophical questions that rendered the 1968 original a weighty classic are herein degraded to simplistic shallowness. It might not be an abomination but it's pretty boring all in all.
Jun 19, 2017	caffe	33 _10th
I'm confused about this: it took 12 years for the Earth to go from the society in Conquest to what we see in the this and then it just stayed that same fucking way for 2000 years with no development or social change? They changed everything in a decade and then it just stayed that way forever? Gorillas being assholes but still part of the tribe and everything? Only humans forgot to talk at some point? That's one effective revolution. Also how often to real apes die from falling out of trees?
May 12, 2017	TheDiceman	30 _9th
Flogging a dead horse.
Aug 13, 2014	td888	20 _9th
The school bus escape is one of the funniest things to see, but the rest is just sh*t.
Sep 03, 2013	gokcanz	54 _25th
* Casting, Acting : 5 * Script : 5.5 * Directing, Aura : 5 * Ease of Viewing : 6 * Naked Eye : 5.5
Aug 13, 2012	Ag0stoMesmer	3 _73rd
Shame
Dec 30, 2011	PubliusD	60 _8th
The best thing about this is John Huston dressed as an ape tellin a children's story.
Dec 19, 2011	nilkynarfy	20 _13th
That this movie was given a theatrical release surprises me. The decline in FX/makeup quality from the last film continues, and is completely unforgivable this time. Unlike Conquest... this one has nothing else to offer. No politics, no humor, no pathos, no Montalban, no moral-- nothin'. The TV series was actually much better, and that show stunk.
Sep 07, 2011	Okkervil	54 _43rd
It's clearly not actually very good! The budget, even for 1973 was clearly pathetic and much of this last original 'Apes' installment looks terribly cheap. The screenplay is a curious one too? It starts okay, with some good dialogue but slowly descends into idiocy. But despite the short runtime, undeveloped but promising plot, and curious decline in quality towards the end, I still enjoyed the final fling of the original 'Ape' movies. It's just so charming, and somehow stupidly enjoyable!
Aug 31, 2011	EbelC	30 _13th
The first movie is great, and the rest in the saga all have some nice part and then the most of them are from bad to decent. Sadly I don't remember what was that in this one... I think it wasn't more than 5 minutes idea. The rest is quite bad, has lack of originallity, and just a bit entertaining. Whatever, this is the worst Planet of the Apes from original saga.
Aug 24, 2011	moraesfelipe	45 _24th
The saga is finished in a bad, lousy chapter. Unbearably poor.
Aug 31, 2010	Freder	30 _24th
The silliest entry in the series. Made on a shoestring and it shows. Still mildly entertaining, but as it's meant to close the circle on the APES story, you know exactly how it's going to turn out.
Dec 11, 2009	x-human	67 _25th
Little to recommend beyond monkeys and stuff blowing up. Script is full of only cardboard cut outs with little reason or motivation left. That characters would actually justify their actions is furthermost from this film's mind. Its only redemption, ironically, is its Hollywood ending.
Sep 29, 2009	Amie	78 _27th
Totally cheesy but I love it.
Sep 08, 2009	aaaaaaarrggg	43 _22nd
The fifth and final Apes movie is certainly the weakest. Fans of the series will like how this cleverly dovetails into the beginning of the first movie but a slow first hour and obviously low budget soon take their toll.
Aug 18, 2009	chemical404	18 _4th
Planet of the Apes film series successfully finishes the downward spiral.
Apr 30, 2009	Evan Waters	77 _13th
Sort of the Saturday Morning version of the Apes saga.
Dec 25, 2008	Nearphotison	29 _9th
One of the worst of the series as a film, but the social commentary is very interesting.
Nov 20, 2008	cagedwisdom	0 _4th
I thought the costumes for the previous two films were bad.. This is plastic-fantastic. This manages to combine every mistake made in the previous film with some new ones. This last installment in the series is also the worst. The writing is constantly atrocious and the plot holes are gaping. At least all the other sequels added some sort of inventive idea, although executed in a horrible manner. This should be avoided altogether. I honestly didn't think it could get much worse after Conquest.
Oct 18, 2008	teecee	17 _11th
Jo flere i række, jo dårligere i kvalitet...
Oct 15, 2008	Garlonuss	81 _63rd
This is a well-made movie. Not the best in the series, but as sequels go, it works pretty well as a concept movie.
Feb 21, 2008	joseywales	46 _19th
Messy.
Aug 14, 2007	djfntstque	30 _5th
The tragic cycle of events punctuated so effectively by "Conquest" is retooled for the Saturday morning matinee crowd. Awful.
Aug 14, 2007	irvinejump	25 _14th
The last and least of the original ape movies... Next up the lame 70's TV show
Mar 22, 2007	Cianeto	81 _39th
For the final instalment on the POTA series J. Lee Thompson does a fine job (for what this is) on a low budget. I had this episode as a comic book when I was a kid and loved it. Still do. Of course, one may wonder where did the director's brilliance displayed on "Guns of Navarone" or "Cape Fear" went but that's a different issue.

Average Percentile 29.48% from 659 Ratings