Review of Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) by Kenny S — 10 Mar 2011

The final Apes film 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 manages to end the series on a positive note, leaving you wonder if the future CAN be changed and if humans and ape can learn to live in harmony. 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. All in all this ended up being a solid end to a pretty up and down series, no film ever managed to come close to topping the original, but it managed to create some really decent films in the final two entries.