Review of Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) by Michael T — 25 Jan 2009

The entire film can be forgotten, except for the ending.

The final battle scene is useless to say the least, it felt more like one of those campy Mac Guyver adventures than the faith of the world. On the other hand, the ending is depicted with Caesar's statue, rather than Aldo's, ape and human children sitting aside of each other, treated as equals, which is perhaps the biggest hint.

For me, this put all the series into a new perspective and I fully appreciate it more now. What had previously appeared to an annual rip-off from the 1968's hit movie, Planet of the Apes, turned out to be a well developed storyline with some huge flaws which however can be easily ignored.