Rotten
Battle looks like the last gap of a dying series, a movie made simply to wring the dollars out of any remaining ape fans.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
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!
1973 · 1h 33m · G
Action, Science Fiction
Directed by
J. Lee Thompson
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Overview
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.
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Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Considering the usual fate of sequels, it's not so much that this final effort [from a story by Paul Dehn] is limp, but that the previous four pix maintained for so long a good quality level.
Variety
Rotten
[It] seems reluctant to use the potentials for astute comic strip philosophy that all the other films revelled in to a greater or lesser extent.
Time Out
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