Friday, July 19, 2013

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Actors:  Roddy McDowell, Natalie Trundy, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Hari Rhodes
Rating:  6 out of 10, The heavy handed writing for the sequels continue with a sledgehammer approach to race relations.  The apes are now running around as menial servants abused in a totalitarian regime of the 1990s (must have missed that).  McDowell is excellent once again playing his own son and leading the ape rebellion.  Khan learns he cannot fly and Murray as the villain is completely over the top but hey, this is an apes movie. 
MVP:  McDowell as Caesar the only talking ape

 

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