Battle for the Planet of the Apes

planet of the apes is a pretty solid film series. that is until it gets to this movie. this time around the cast is filled with low rent actors, the effects are piss poor and the story is pretty lame. feels like a made for tv movie (one of those early 80's ones) that tries to cash in on a famous name but doesn't succeed in the least. and what is with that final shot? cheesy, bad, terrible, god-awful, words cannot describe it. don't see it unless you are watching the entire series of ape movies. that;'s my advice, take it or leave it. 51/100 read more

another entry that starts off promising but takes a nosedive even sooner than 'conquest.' maybe that initial hope stems from my general fascination with the pota universe, but once they start setting up actual conflict, limited scope undermines what could have been. i guess 'beneath' spoiled me in terms of circumventing that in a creative way ape has killed ape ape has killed ape ape has killed ape has killed ape has killed ape has killed ape has killed ape has killed ape sorry, where was i? read more

5.5 batalla por el planeta de los simios (1973) read more