Former actor Don Taylor directs smoothly and efficiently and elicits fine performances from the cast.
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06/04/07
Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:18
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: One of the better Planet of the Apes sequels, Escape is more character-driven than the previous films, and more touching as a result.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: In the future, the Earth is ruled by a race of highly-evolved simians who supplanted humans after a nuclear holocaust. But when the ape-led Earth is threatened with total annihilation, a trio of... [More]
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Ricardo Montalban, Sal Mineo
Director: Don Taylor
Reviews for Escape From the Planet of the Apes
Top CriticEscape from the Planet of the Apes is an excellent film, almost as good as the original Planet of the Apes.
06/04/07
Top CriticPassable entertainment, but it's no fun watching the likable, witty Cornelius and Zira become hairy martyrs.
04/09/07
It's a long way down from even the second in the series.
01/26/06
Top CriticNo review available.
10/08/05
No review available.
09/13/05
One of the better new movies in town, and better in a genre -- science-fiction -- that at the crucial middle level where the history of movies is made, if not written, has recently been not so much bad as invisible.
05/10/05
Top CriticThe last of the "Ape" sequels that's worth watching.
07/15/04
No review available.
09/07/03
No review available.
07/17/03
No review available.
12/06/02
No review available.
10/07/02
Oneof the best of the bunch!
09/27/02
No review available.
09/26/02
feels like a quickie insert that is needed to progress the larger narrative, but doesn't have enough meat on it to deserve its own film
09/15/02
No review available.
07/26/02
Brings just enough of a twist to the series' conventions.
07/26/02
The best of the all of the sequels.
08/01/01
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