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The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.
“The final chapter in the incredible Apes saga. The most suspenseful showdown ever filmed as two civilizations battle for the right to inherit what's left of the earth!”
Top Cast
Roddy McDowall
Caesar
Natalie Trundy
Lisa
Austin Stoker
MacDonald
Severn Darden
Kolp
Claude Akins
Aldo
Paul Williams
Virgil
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Rating
5.7/ 10
Release Date
1973-06-15
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
ActionScience Fiction
Part of the Series
Planet of the Apes (Original) Collection
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User Reviews (5)
Ian Beale
8/10
•2/16/2017**The best of the sequels**
_Battle for the Planet of the Apes_ is the best of the Planet of the Apes sequels - a film packed with emotion and incident. Caesar (Roddy McDowall) seeks his parents in the ruins of a destroyrd city and irks a gang of ...
John Chard
4/10
•5/28/2019In the beginning God created beast and man so that both might live in friendship and share dominion over a world of peace.
The original Planet of the Apes film franchise closed down with a whimper as budget restrictions, general screenplay letharg...
r96sk
6/10
•2/27/2022A limp way for the original franchise to finish.
Its predecessor, <em>'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'</em>, was a weak entry too but remained watchable, though <em>'Battle for the Planet of the Apes'</em> kinda straddles the other side as it'...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•6/8/2023Well the last film was last year, but that's ten years for an ape so we now find "Caesar" (Roddy McDowell) living with his family and presiding over what I think Shakespeare referred to as a "loose confederation of warring tribes". The militaristic g...