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Beneath the Planet of the Apes

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The second installment in "The Planet of the Apes" series. Here, an earthling sent to find the astronauts of the original film discovers not only a world of intelligent, talking apes, but an underground cult of grotesque "humans" who are the survivors of a nuclear blast years ago.
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes delivers more action than its predecessor -- unfortunately, at the expense of the social subtext that elevates the franchise's best entries.

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Ian Nathan Empire Magazine We've been there, done that, and bought the plastic orang-utan figurines. Rated: 4/5 Mar 26, 2019 Full Review Penelope Gilliatt The New Yorker The whole movie is often frightening in the wrong way -- not by force of satire but by weight of attitudinizing. Mar 18, 2019 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Hokey and slapdash. Jun 4, 2007 Full Review Scott Collura IGN Movies A world where it’s better to destroy ourselves than admit we’re wrong? There’s gotta be an answer. Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Don Kaye Den of Geek There's no question that with its mishmash of half-baked ideas, lack of strong characterization and clear budgetary issues, Beneath represents a steep drop in overall quality from the magnificent Planet of the Apes. Mar 26, 2019 Full Review Matt Goldberg Collider The ending of Beneath the Planet of the Apes has shock value, but it's hollow. Rated: C- Mar 26, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Miguel T A total disaster of a movie, especially remembering that we came form one of the best films of all time. Beneath the Planet of the Apes has the hard task of continuing after one of the best endings of cinema, and this is the reason why Heston charactee appears so little. Apes presence is still menacing, and the cult scene is really disturbing, but the film focuses more on our new and forgetable protagonist and on the underneath society (that is absurd) that on continuing the dilemas presented and discussed on the previous film. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/16/25 Full Review Euan P It may have been strange, to say the least, but great performances keep this movie afloat. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Christopher R Grossly underrated — a worthy sequel that turns the story on its head. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/03/24 Full Review Charlie P An enjoyable movie. Not the best Apes movie but by no means the worst. The reveal of Taylor towards the end made it really feel like a genuine sequel. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/28/24 Full Review Conrad C It's not that the effects couldn't take me there, it's that my brain didn't want to go. Talking apes were honestly the highlight of this movie, it was everything else that went wrong. The plot felt like a poor attempt at patching together a sequel out of nothing, sorely missing the guide provided by the book for the first one. This movie went down by far the worst rabbit hole. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review Audience Member Did not care for this movie very much at all, the plot was very twisted and had a lot of holes. In general, the story felt horridly rushed. in my opinion, the movie should’ve been more planned out in order for the sequel to be more enjoyable as well. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/22/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Ted Post

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James Franciscus

John Brent

Kim Hunter

Dr. Zira

Charlton Heston

George Taylor

Maurice Evans

Dr. Zaius

Linda Harrison

Nova

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Synopsis The second installment in "The Planet of the Apes" series. Here, an earthling sent to find the astronauts of the original film discovers not only a world of intelligent, talking apes, but an underground cult of grotesque "humans" who are the survivors of a nuclear blast years ago.
Director
Ted Post
Producer
Arthur P. Jacobs
Screenwriter
Paul Dehn, Paul Dehn, Mort Abrahams
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox, APJAC Productions
Rating
G
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 26, 1970, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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