Review of Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) by Carlos D — 11 Jan 2011
The original Planet of the apes movie is nothing special but compared to this follow up it's a masterpiece.
This film is absolutely terrible. It looks low budget , the soundtrack is so annoying it gives you a head ache and the story is just plain stupid.
For some reason they decided to replace Charlton Heston in the lead role with a look alike ( James Franciscus ) although CH does have a cameo . He must have read the script and decided not to star in it.
( check out his terrible wig).
Like the first film , a mute Linda Harrison runs around serving no purpose whatsoever and even the apes have no menace about them.
The end is very abrupt as if the director ( or the actors) decided to walk off set because what they were involved in was irretrievable.
This has the feel of a very poor Star Trek episode , one that nobody remembers.
This review of Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) was written by Carlos D on 11 Jan 2011.
Beneath the Planet of the Apes has generally received mixed reviews.
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