Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Movie

1973

1h 33m

English

Action, Science Fiction

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5.2

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The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutant...

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Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Movie

1973

1h 33m

English

Action, Science Fiction

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Cast

Caesar

Lisa

MacDonald

Kolp

Aldo

Virgil

Mutant

Mandemus

Cornelius II

Teacher

Alma

Mendez

Doctor

Jake

Soldier

Julie

The Lawgiver

Jake's Friend

Directed By: J. Lee Thompson

Written By: Paul Dehn (Story), Joyce Hooper Corrington (Screenplay), + 1 more

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AlexanderZ says...

8 years ago

This is a very good film, not anywhere near as good as the first four of the series, but for only one reason. 10 minutes. The Japanese release of 'Battle' contains an extra 10 minutes of footage that I feel is not only important to the storyline, but it completely changes the feel of the film. Without those crucial 10 minutes of footage, the viewer is thus given a somewhat watered down t.v. series type version of the film, originally done to attract a more younger audience. I personally love this film either way, Trust me, before critisizing 'Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', seek out the Japanese release and see for yourself just how different (and better) a decent film can become with only 10 minutes of added storyline.

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Maarten Delfgou says...

2 years ago

1 Original film series 1.1 Planet of the Apes (1968) https://trakt.tv/movies/planet-of-the-apes-1968 1.2 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) https://trakt.tv/movies/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes-1970 1.3 Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) https://trakt.tv/movies/escape-from-the-planet-of-the-apes-1971 1.4 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) https://trakt.tv/movies/conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-1972 1.5 Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) https://trakt.tv/movies/battle-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-1973 2 Remake film 2.1 Planet of the Apes (2001) https://trakt.tv/movies/planet-of-the-apes-2001 3 Reboot film series 3.1 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) https://trakt.tv/movies/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-2011 3.2 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) https://trakt.tv/movies/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-2014 3.3 War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) https://trakt.tv/movies/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-2017

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jarvis-8243417 says...

4 years ago

The series come full circle in Battle For the Planet of the Apes. In the wake of nuclear annihilation Caesar sets up a new ape society, but it’s soon threatened by war when human survivors from the fallout discover his ape city. Several Ape series veteran actors return, including Roddy McDowall, and John Huston makes a featured appearance. Once again themes of predestination, human nature, and prejudice are explored, and the film finds a nice balance of drama and action in which to tell this tale, and it maintains some ambiguity and mystery despite being a pseudo-prequel. Entertaining and full of thrills, Battle For the Planet of the Apes serves as a nice wrap-up to the series.

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Juliosoft says...

10 years ago

Cinema Paco 1. Image 2.75/7, sound 2.5/5. En d of the saga and the most weakness, with difference, low budget and lousy battle

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Featured User Reviews

Whitsbrain

2/10 2 years ago

The "Planet of the Apes" series is certainly a mixed bag success-wise. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's made up of great movies but through the first four flicks, it has always entertained. But with this fifth and final movie it fails on all counts.

Honestly, I couldn't wait for "Battle..." to More

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Acoucalancha

4/10 a month ago

As the final entry in the film series, ***Battle*** is anticlimactic. There's no battle sequence in here that remotely beat the one we had at the end of *Conquest* with the apes vs. the police force. The second act was so slow it got me disinterested in seeing the rest honestly but when we get to th More

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Davy Endgame X

6/10 one year ago

6/10
A fair way to rap up to the
Planet of the Apes Saga.
Before we enter remake
And reboot territory.
This 5th and final Installment brings
everything a full circle
and raises some interesting debates of time,decisions and how that effects future outcomes to unfold,
It was a much more 'wel More

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CinemaSerf

10 months ago

Well the last film was last year, but that's ten years for an ape so we now find "Caesar" (Roddy McDowell) living with his family and presiding over what I think Shakespeare referred to as a "loose confederation of warring tribes". The militaristic gorillas, led by "Aldo" (Claude Atkins) are just it More

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