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
A limp way for the original franchise to finish.
Its predecessor, 'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes', was a weak entry too but remained watchable, though 'Battle for the Planet of the Apes' kinda straddles the other side as it's uninteresting. I didn't dislike it and it is very short at around 82 minutes, which helps. Roddy McDowall is the pick of the cast, though even his performance feels weary at this point.
A 'strong' 6/10 rating from me, if such a thing exists. It was the right time for them to end this (very good, all in all) series.
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 conclude. It was seriously hard to watch. I think everyone involved, including Roddy McDowall, phoned it in. The only person who showed any life at all was Claude Akins as gorilla General Aldo. There were several times that I threw my hands in the air in frustration over the predictable and boring story. And everyone involved acted like an idiot. Was this supposed to be funny?
The mutants are ridiculously ignorant and the apes are no better. The actual battle scene goes on for an eternity and nothing happens. Both sides have to be the worst marksmen I've ever seen. The scene where Caesar, Virgil, and McDonald travel to a bombed out radioactive city, is done just so Caesar can watch a video of his Mother and Father. It's monumentally stupid and it goes on f-o-r-e-v-e-r. I thought Caesar was supposed to be smart!?! He risks his life and the safety of his wife and child so he can watch a video. It is not a trait that his noble character would have considered in the other movies.
Pfffft!!! I've already given this movie more words than it deserves. "Battle For the Planet of the Apes" is a cheap money-grab of a movie and it is a total letdown. The classic "Planet of the Apes" series deserves much better. This has to be one of the worst movies I've ever forced myself to sit through.
OG caesar movies are so bad...
Easily the least of the original series. I feel like each other entry has something that distinguishes it. The original goes without saying, it’s what started it all and had a razor sharp, disdainfully introspective vision. Beneath gets weird and dives into nihilistic hopelessness. Escape is the softest and saddest, with Cornelius and Mira being its heart. Conquest is the most political and grimy, with a searing climax. This… has nothing like that. McDowall and Williams deliver good performances without much material to elevate them. Stoller has the thankless job of portraying McDonald’s identical in personality brother, and Aldo may be the weakest villain in the series, an extension of Ursus without a Zaius to bounce off of. Just ‘gorilla stupid and cruel because gorilla’. The titular battle is nothing special either, especially compared to Conquest’s uprising, and the film lacks a visual flair of its own.
To earn the bittersweet leaning towards happy ending it’s going for it needs more oomph, more set up, to make it feel earned. There’s a few short bits of philosophy and existentialism to remind you of this franchise’s strengths, but not enough. It’s not a horrible movie, but it’s hard to call it especially good either, and the original series deserved a better send off. This film only exists in this way because of the compromise made in Conquest’s final ending, and that compromise shows in this film’s rewritten script and the kind of compulsory half heartedness of the whole production. Hopefully the Reeves series finds these qualities again, but first I have a less beloved remake I have to get through first.
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 the third act there's finally a bit of action. I can't say those action sequences were worth waiting five movies for.
It's weird that in a final installment of a five movie series I can't recognize any of the characters, they're all new except for Caesar exclusively—I don't care for anyone or who ultimately wins the war. A great score but too much of it at times. Nothing much in the way of visuals. The entire budget probably went into the costumes and ape masks cause there were a lot of them. One of the lamest 1v1 fights i've ever seen in the last 10 minutes. Very predictable ending but fitting I guess.
Overall this film series has been a huge disappointment and a waste of time. The original is the only one I would ever rewatch. Now on to the better entries in the franchise finally...
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 'welcomed'
family friendly debate than all that
race bashing stuff from all the previous movies before.
But I will say I have the extended version of this movie on blu ray and this is definitely the better way to view it as it adds more scenes and a better battle at the end that makes this movie from
Meh-to a Fair enjoyable
Watch. Roddy sells the movie with a good solid performance and everyone else plays their part.
This final seems to take all the main drive elements from all previous movies before and incorporates
them all into this last chapter and I am pleased
to say it works for the most part.
Don't even try to add up the timeline of dates and events because especially with This movie
it completely ballz it all up
like not even close to being right,
But chronology none of the Others are either
So to be fair it's fair to say it's consistent.
But with that it's still been a good watch all the same
this saga and it's been more fun than being bad
So for that I now walk away happy
of the time spent on some good
Classic entertainment.
(See you in a couple of years for another rewatch
Now that Disney has bought the rights and are currently doing a Remake of the hole franchise of the rebooted movies).
"See You Soon"
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.
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
Shout by AlexanderZBlockedParent2016-02-07T15:14:38Z
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.