Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

15/06/1973Action, Science Fiction1h 33m

Overview

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 mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.

J. Lee Thompson

Director

John William Corrington

Screenplay

Reviews

Ian Beale

A review by Ian Beale

8
Written by Ian Beale on February 16, 2017

**The best of the sequels** _Battle for the Planet of the Apes_ is the best of the Planet of the Apes sequels - a film packed with emotion and incident. Caesar (Roddy McDowall) seeks his parents in the ruins of a destroyrd city and irks a gang of ...

John Chard

A review by John Chard

4
Written by John Chard on May 28, 2019

In the beginning God created beast and man so that both might live in friendship and share dominion over a world of peace. The original Planet of the Apes film franchise closed down with a whimper as budget restrictions, general screenplay letharg...

r96sk

A review by r96sk

6
Written by r96sk on February 27, 2022

A limp way for the original franchise to finish. Its predecessor, <em>'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'</em>, was a weak entry too but remained watchable, though <em>'Battle for the Planet of the Apes'</em> kinda straddles the other side as it'...

CinemaSerf

A review by CinemaSerf

6
Written by CinemaSerf on June 8, 2023

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 g...

Wuchak

A review by Wuchak

7
Written by Wuchak on March 21, 2025

**_The most comic booky of the original five films, but sociologically interesting_** A dozen years after a nuclear war, Caesar (Roddy McDowell) oversees a village of apes mixed with subservient humans. He and his advisor (Paul Williams), as well ...

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