Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

Stars	User	Rating
3	BillyShears	50 _21st
In one of the countless billions of galaxies in the universe, lies a sassy movie watcher, and on this night, what joy the Planet of the Apes had, is now dead.
2	joseywales	61 _36th
Just crazy enough to be watchable.
2	Luna6ix	74 _48th
In spirit it's a good sequel, but it just doesn't capture the magic of the original, on top of that the freshness of the story is absent from this one. I'm glad Heston, Hunter, Harrison, and Rooney have reprises in their roles, but unfortunately they are put by the wayside to make room for new characters.
2	chemical404	28 _9th
The irony and intelligence that original "Planet of the Apes" has, is nowhere to be seen here. All that is left is extremely cheesy pessimistic sci-fi flick. I had good time laughing from this film, but it's a terrible sequel. But hey, there's plenty of Nova. Nova riding a horse, Nova climbing the ladder, Nova being scared, Nova being curious. Nova is cute. I wonder if gorillas wrote the script for this film.
2	overrated	43 _37th
Popularly held as the worst of the original five films (the correct answer is Battle), BtPotA gets a lot of deserved flack for casting a replacement Heston to cover for the fact that the original wanted out of the franchise. Something that's barely touched upon that could have been interesting is the friction between Zaius and Ursus. As flawed as it is though, the idea of a doomsday nuke-worshipping mutant cult tickles this Fallout player.
1	cruelclown	85 _82nd
It's very poorly executed, but it's very very brave and interesting. A complete surprise, a different kind of sequel.
1	okidude	2 _23rd
'Beneath' continues the anti-war statements of the first film. The twist wasn't quite as revolutionary - almost expected. Of course the nuclear cult was waay over the top..so thats where the designers of 'Wasteland' and 'Fallout' got the idea
1	HunterKing	81 _51st
No, it isn't as good as the first, but it's even more bizarre. It's not a great movie, but it's great to describe to people
1	Derekstar	20 _6th
Okay, what the fuck happened in the last half of the movie? I mean, I know what happened, but fuck it was boring. The first half was almost passable. (Well, maybe that's stretching it. The only thing remotely interesting was the Ape politics. Nothing else mattered.) The second half was bad, BAD sci-fi minus Apes or anything interesting. I don't want anybody to be confused. Planet of the Apes was good sci-fi. Beneath the Planet of the Apes is bad sci-fi. This movie is irredeemable.
1	nilkynarfy	55 _40th
Underfunded and undercooked. A waste of potential. There were a few interesting disparate elements that never really fit together, leading to this weird feeling that you're watching two half-movies. The earlier subway scenes were creepy as hell, though. The only part of the movie really worth going back to.
1	Freder	35 _26th
Although it leans quite heavily on its predecessor, this is nowhere near as good. The first two thirds are fairly creditable as a B-movie, but as soon as the mutant humans are introduced this takes on the tone of a very ordinary installment of Dr. Who or Buck Rogers or some other third-rate SF serial. Nonetheless, for the violence and bleakness of vision, the ending does pack some punch. Standout performance this go-around is from character actor James Gregory as the militant gorilla Ursus.
1	Attached Eon	51 _29th
Pretty sure they had no idea where to take this one after act 2.
1	INDYATMN	69 _22nd
Although the ending, incredibly, manages to be even more shocking than the 1st film's climax, this much too slowly paced sequel takes far too long to get there. And although it wisely expands what societal problems it chooses to metaphorically comment on (this time it's a hawkish military, religious righteousness & nukes), it feels silly when they're no longer metaphors (the protestors). The underground race of telepaths is intriguing but their utter helplessness at the end is pure contrivance
1	Garlonuss	64 _12th
Not as great as the original movie and considerably bleak in its outlook, but there are still several elements from this movie that have become classic in the Sci Fi genre.
1	moraesfelipe	58 _47th
This bizarre sequel, a kind of supernatural sci-fi -- with Nova still smiling all the time and a funny but unconscious crossover with Dr. Strangelove -- develops absurd ideas, but actually is ended with the same pessimism of the original feature. Insane.
1	synthono	75 _30th
The complete insanity of the final half hour kind of makes up for the dull retread of the beginning.
1	PetrosTser	60 _41st
The restricted budget does show, especially as far as the apes are concerned, and the themes and story are less fascinating. Still, "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" is an interesting sequel for two main reasons: a) it does offer its fair share of thrills and b) it takes many liberties with the material, which means that you'll have to bear with several inconsistencies and improbabilities but also that this is far from the textbook, predictable sequel and more like a daring, if flawed, expansion.
1	stevekimes	80 _47th
The best ending ever.
1	FalseDisp	73 _23rd
Weird!!
1	DesertPunk	58 _26th
If you're curious about the number of horses that died in the making of this movie, a conservative estimate is literally every single one.
1	backwardsuit	74 _63rd
I like this movie for its weirdness and campy yet grim story.

Average Percentile 35.21% from 956 Ratings