[It] seems reluctant to use the potentials for astute comic strip philosophy that all the other films revelled in to a greater or lesser extent.
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01/26/06
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
38 %
Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 9 Rotten:15 Average Rating: 4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis: The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes lives in harmony with a group of humans, but a community of mutants who reside beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies.... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, John Huston, Paul Williams, Lew Ayres
Reviews
Top Critic
The Planet of the Apes series started well, and gradually decreased in budget and quality. By Battle the budget is all but gone, and all the believability and excitement has gone with it.
06/19/01
Top Critic
Unnecessary sequel is nonetheless entertaining; Roddy Mcdowall back in simian shape.
03/22/08
Aside from Severn Darden, who relishes his lip-smacking heavy character, the cast seems disinterested; even series stalwart Roddy McDowall looks bored.
06/04/07
Considering the usual fate of sequels, it's not so much that this final effort [from a story by Paul Dehn] is limp, but that the previous four pix maintained for so long a good quality level.
06/04/07
Top Critic
Battle looks like the last gap of a dying series, a movie made simply to wring the dollars out of any remaining ape fans.
10/23/04
Top Critic
Fans will enjoy it, but the "Apes" gang could have done a little better. Not surprisingly, this was the fifth and last installment. (Unless you count the TV show...)
07/25/02
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