Smoreni Zmaj
Movie that continues at the exact spot the original left off. At the and of The Planet of the Apes more than anything I wanted to see more. And when that more came, after promising start, it suddenly turned to lousy movie with crappy ending. I can't recall last time I was this much disappointed. Really sad.6/10
StuOz
Outstanding sequel to Planet Of The Apes, in this film another human crash lands his ship on the apes world.Chuck Heston gets too little screen time, but everything else about this movie is outstanding.One of the mutants down below is played by Paul Richards who did wonderful work on TV's The Fugitive and I Spy.Leonard Rosenman had done the score to Fox's Fantastic Voyage (1966) and I think the studio was attempting to get the Fantastic Voyage- feeling going again. His score here is perfectly matched to the film.Apes is a Fox production as were the Irwin Allen sci-fi TV shows of this period. In the early part of the film, where you see the crashed wreck of the spaceship, look hard and you can see the landing legs of spaceship Jupiter 2 (from Lost In Space) in the wreckage of the ship.Later in the film, part of the underground city is in fact "The Secret City Of Limbo" seen in Land Of The Giants.Beneath The Planet Of The Apes is great film with enough retro sci- fi connections to make it super-fun as well
roystephen-81252
While the first movie in the series, the adaptation of Pierre Boulle's excellent novel, was a somewhat mixed bag and ultimately a disappointment compared to the original material, the second one, Beneath the Planet of the Apes is simply an all-round disaster with a mind-numbingly stupid plot, horrible acting, incompetent directing and editing, and the lousiest special effects ever put on the screen.Mutant humans with telepathic powers worshipping a nuclear bomb in a temple set up amidst the ruins of a subway station? Did the filmmakers deliberately pick the dumbest idea they could find? And what was the message? It is better to blow up the whole planet than to cede our power to apes or mutants?But in the end, it's not the witlessness of the plot that counts but the execution. Make it exciting and at least semi-believable, and all will be forgiven. Unfortunately, Beneath the Planet of the Apes fails in every single department. It is both extremely boring and ridiculously cheap-looking, even for its time. By far the worst instalment in the series, a horrendous movie in itself, and quite possibly THE worst sequel of all time. (Although looking strictly at the extent of drop in quality, there are many serious contenders from Futureworld and Exorcist II or Speed 2 to The Force Awakens.)
joshuadrake-91275
Now, I move on to the first of four sequels to the 1968 original.The story follows Brent, an astronaut who inadvertently follows Taylor into the future while searching for him. After encountering the apes from the first film. Brent finds Taylor imprisoned by a colony of subterranean human mutants who worship an ancient nuclear bomb.Now, BENEATH THE PLANET of the APES is pathetic. How the heck did this movie became the worst of the film series? Let's go through some history, shall we? Planning for the sequel, eventually titled Beneath the Planet of the Apes, began two months after the original film's release.Arthur P. Jacobs and Mort Abrahams initially considered several treatments by Rod Serling and Pierre Boulle, but ultimately turned them down. In fall 1968, the producers hired Paul Dehn to write the script. He would become the primary writer for the franchise.Charlton Heston was uninterested in a sequel, but agreed to shoot a few scenes if his character was killed off and he donated his salary to charity.Brent is played by James Franciscus and he is okay. The director of the first film was unavailable to work on this film. The returning actors are Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans and Linda Harrison and they all play their parts from the first film and they do a really great job. A new villain is Gorilla Ursus and Paul Richards played mutant leader Mendez. They all do great jobs and they play their parts amazingly. Since Roddy McDowall was unavailable to play Cornelius, his part was taken over by David Watson. Watson does a great job for the most part, but could have been worse.The story is just stupid, action is unbelievable and the ending is stupid. Charlton Heston plays his part amazingly and he does an amazing job with what he has until he is killed.Overall, I hate BENEATH THE PLANET of the APES and I just don't freaking buy this movie at all. So in my rating, I give it 1 out of 10.
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