It's a long way down from even the second in the series.
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01/26/06
Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)
78 %
Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 18 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Consensus:
One of the better Planet of the Apes sequels, Escape is more character-driven than the previous films, and more touching as a result.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Synopsis: In the future, the Earth is ruled by a race of highly-evolved simians who supplanted humans after a nuclear holocaust. But when the ape-led Earth is threatened with total annihilation, a trio of scientists journey backwards through time in order to prevent the catastrophe. Once in the... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Ricardo Montalban, Sal Mineo, Eric Braeden
Reviews
Top Critic
It works fairly well as the central movie of the franchise but will have little to offer non-devotees.
06/13/01
Top Critic
Former actor Don Taylor directs smoothly and efficiently and elicits fine performances from the cast.
06/04/07
Top Critic
Escape from the Planet of the Apes is an excellent film, almost as good as the original Planet of the Apes.
06/04/07
Top Critic
Passable entertainment, but it's no fun watching the likable, witty Cornelius and Zira become hairy martyrs.
04/09/07
One of the better new movies in town, and better in a genre -- science-fiction -- that at the crucial middle level where the history of movies is made, if not written, has recently been not so much bad as invisible.
05/10/05
Top Critic
feels like a quickie insert that is needed to progress the larger narrative, but doesn't have enough meat on it to deserve its own film
09/15/02
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