Battle for the Planet of the Apes

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Blu B I think this is considered the worst of the original run of movies but I don't know I didn't find it bad at all really at first but the more I think about it the more I can see why save for the acting which was ok. The problem here is more than anything I felt so numb and soulless watching it. I didn't care for a single one of these characters and there is again legit no development in this at all. These are the same ideas we've seen explored how many times now in this series and once again it's not done anywhere as good as the first. It just has a feeling of Deja Vu running through it the entire time. The final battle is so underwhelming, not good, and drags on a long time. Everything is alright at first but the longer it goes the more subpar it feels especailly if you've seen the other ones. The story makes sense and the effects are alright enough I guess. But the final battle there legit marching down the field 1800's European Warfare style and the Apes aren't hitting anything. And there is like 30 of them....You really could'nt get a couple hundred....Than the Forbidden City is so dark you can barely see it most of the time. The direction in general is so basic. This clearly had low funding just like the previous one. It's all settings we've seen before already too. On top of that you can tell stuff is missing here that was left on the editing room floor. The character development or backstory outside of Caesar just is nonexistant. Everyone is so forgettable here. Caesar has no prescene at all. The story doe make sense but it's soooo unfocused. It reminds me a bit of like Matrix Revolutions although that was better for what it's worth. The ideas it tries to fit in just once again never go anywhere and never does anything with them. The music is...off.. like it's used a lot but it just feels too over the top and just off. I don't know how else to describe it. I just had no interest at all the entire time. This has all the problems of the sequels and has nothing good that any of those had. It's not a broken film but just underwhelming and uninspired, not executed well, and just repeating the same stuff in a poor conclusion. I'm not sure if even adding the leftover edited stuff back in would've helped this. Skip it. Yeah this is probably the worst one but it's not like a Superman 4 or Jaws 4 type of bad. Just very underwhelming even when measured to the sequels. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/08/25 Full Review George M I first saw this in the movies, first run, on a double feature with Planet of the Apes (one of the greatest scifi movies ever made and the better of the two large budget Scifi films that came out in 1968). OK, the theatrical version is, thanks to cheapness of Fox, weak. HOWEVER, the uncut version, which ties this into Beneath the Planet of the Apes, with footage of the Alpha Omega weapon and the start of the Mendez cult, makes this a far better movie. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/28/25 Full Review Obi-wan K Boring ass movie Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/04/25 Full Review Ads T The least among the original Planet of The Apes movies, this feels more like a routine and under-developed TV special than a decent conclusion to the franchise. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/25 Full Review David C No es mi favorita es muy mala el final es malo aunque los sonidos de voz son raros Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/06/25 Full Review Nos 4 APE SHALL NEVER KILL APE APE HAS KILLED APE Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/06/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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