Review of Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) by Ken S — 16 Jul 2014

The final Apes film (original series) is a fitting end to the franchise, it isn't the best of the series (that title remains with the original of course), it isn't even the best of the sequels (I'd say "Conquest") but as an end to the whole Apes series it is a decent way to go out.

It brings the series full circle, ending where the original film had began. I found it quite interesting that neither side of the war seemed to be perfectly harmonious with each other; the fallout humans seemed to have their own inner conflicts while the apes had a clear conflict between Caesar and Aldo.

I think it was nice that the Fallout Humans from "Beneath" got a little hint of an origin here, and the story itself is pretty decent. Granted, I think the battle of the title is pretty small scale and lame.

All in all this ended up being a decent if slightly anti-climactic end to a pretty up and down series, no film ever managed to come close to topping the original, but it is a fun franchise nonetheless.