Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

Directed by Don Taylor

Starring Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy

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Cute and fun, but not enough conflict, not very meaningful, kind of boring. Nothing important is at stake.

In homage the the first, they should have waited for a dramatic scene to hear the apes first speak. Would have given a thrill to viewers seeing an Apes movie for the first time. Interesting exploration of how the apes came to take over. Sad ending, though I wish the talking baby footage wasn’t so processed.

A nice of life from early 70’s.

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