A franchise was on the march, all the same. We’ve been there, done that, and bought the plastic orang-utan figurines. It is, finally, an attempt to sound a similar clarion call at man’s self-destructive folly, but the effect is more whimper than bang. The original’s shock ending is replaced with a massive downer.
The Forbidden City itself is a splendidly overworked mishmash of future-world and New York Subway station, setting the scene for a thrilling burst of bloody action. In place of the sharp satire on racism and class, as well as the pontificating over science and religion, is a bullish sci-fi opera, far more gothic and unrestrained. Roddy McDowell, who had excelled as genial chimp Cornelius, had scheduling problems, but packing David Watson in an indentikit monkey mask at least keeps the continuity if not the acting talent. It is here, also, where diffident Heston-clone James Franscicus, along with talk-free sex-bomb Hamilton, will locate the expensive services of Charlton Heston. Now, though, it is the warlike gorillas who have the upper paw, urging an attack on the Forbidden Zone where a tribe of sentient if mutant humans (including their own variation on latex face tissue) dwell with their precious nuclear bomb. Kicking off with a rescue mission was a smart move, it gives the film a chance to start with more or less the same designs as the original - man’s shock at discovering intelligent Simians in charge. With a reduced budget and Heston’s reluctance to put on his loincloth, turning up only for the briefest of cameos at the end, Ted Post set about finding a new angle on the future Earth populated by latex monkeys with mixed feelings about humanity’s rights.
#Beneath the planet of the apes full movie movie
I particularly like how the movie provides some explanation of what happens to Earth in the future (and warns against what could really happen in our lifetime) and how the apes came to be in control over humans. A fair fist of a sequel to the hit sci-fi parable which closed with a fuming Charlton Heston riding off into the distance with his mute paramour Linda Harrison. Movie release dates/review for Beneath the Planet of the Apes 1970, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure movie directed by Ted Post.Synopsis: Brent is an American astronaut, part of a team sent to locate missing fellow American astronaut, George Taylor. This movie was always my favorite of the four original Planet of the Apes movies.
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