Escape From the Planet of the Apes

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Kylo W Jan 10, 2019 Such a charming feature. It will automatically win you over from the opening scene alone. Absolutely wonderful to watch. Roddy McDowall (Cornelius) and Kim Hunter (Zira) are brilliant as always. See more

Leia P Jan 2, 2019 This is definitely my favourite Planet of the Apes film. I love Kim Hunter's performance here. The transition from the more comedic first half to the more tragic second half works perfectly. I also consider this film to be far more effective in terms of social commentary than its two predecessors. See more

Kylo M Dec 8, 2018 Taylor's take on this advanced species may not be perpetually competent, but is a pedigree to mature entertainment itself. Escape From The Planet Of The Apes Taylor's take on this advanced species may not be perpetually competent, but is a pedigree to mature entertainment itself. The concept is a mature taken on human nature peeled skin by skin with a sci-fi twist of time travelling ingredient that spices things up. The first half of the tale is intriguing and gripping that moves fluently with adaptive and absorbing narration with both humor and fascinating characteristics displayed about characters in order to lure the audience in. And if first half is taken lightly, the second half is equally intense, with slow pace, mature conversation and revelations and nail biting close calls. And it is one of those things where you are worried about these extremely likeable characters that something will go wrong. And the makers being aware of it, uses that crisp tense environment to keep us at the brisk of our emotions. And on that uncertainty of the trajectory that the makers are about to follow, it is a complete triumph. And as usually such new species does, the innocence is what draws out most of the emotions and with a compelling storytelling and moving characters, the objective is jaggedly on mark. McDowall as a mature overprotective and more grounded to the practicality is convincing but Hunter's more human and emotionally fueled character steals the show. With a heartbreaking final act, the franchise manages to answer the big and essential questions raised in here, that shows the surrender of a species to fear, thirst and unawareness of the horror that it can capture and project. Taylor's vision has a certain tone that is soothing and poignant at the same time which he has managed to keep it balanced. Escape From The Planet Of The Apes is a forward pass to this franchise on a more similar direction but it is also pushing its boundaries. See more

Kylo W Sep 11, 2018 One of the best films in the saga "Planet of the Apes", and one of the best thirteenth films ever (the curse of the third film fortunately did not attack the "Planet of the Apes" saga). "Escape From from Planet of the Apes" managed to take the saga to another level, with one of the best finals ever; Also had a very good cast, good characters and improved special effects (better than the first 2 movies). I do not understand how only 53% of the people they saw liked it (of course it is not as good as the first, but it is certainly better than the second). Highly recommend. See more

George R Jul 28, 2018 Never scaled the heights of the first one

Draco G Jul 13, 2018 As where the first film was exiting, this third installment was quite the opposite, BORING. At least in the second one where the story was gripping (But poorly written) this one was so dull I wanted to change the channel. Although it does have a few things going for it, it's not enough to save it from this boring script. See more

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