Former actor Don Taylor directs smoothly and efficiently and elicits fine performances from the cast.
Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)
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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
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
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... 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 human-led world, however, they find themselves hunted by a suspicious and fearful government desirous of making them the subjects of an experiment that could alter the course of human and ape events. [More]
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Ricardo Montalban, Sal Mineo
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Ricardo Montalban, Sal Mineo, Eric Braeden, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, William Windom
Director: Don Taylor
Director: Don Taylor
Producer: Arthur P. Jacobs
Screenwriter: Paul Dehn
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
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Mar 31, 2009
Reviews for Escape From the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes is an excellent film, almost as good as the original Planet of the Apes.
Passable entertainment, but it's no fun watching the likable, witty Cornelius and Zira become hairy martyrs.
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.
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
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