
Brent is an American astronaut, part of a team sent to locate missing fellow American astronaut, George Taylor. Following Taylor's known flight trajectory, the search and rescue team crash lands on an unknown planet much like Earth in the year 3955, with Brent being the only survivor of the team. What Brent initially does not know, much like Taylor didn't initially know when he landed here before Brent, is that he has landed back on Earth in the future, in the vicinity of wha... (Full plot summary below)
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Brent is an American astronaut, part of a team sent to locate missing fellow American astronaut, George Taylor. Following Taylor's known flight trajectory, the search and rescue team crash lands on an unknown planet much like Earth in the year 3955, with Brent being the only survivor of the team. What Brent initially does not know, much like Taylor didn't initially know when he landed here before Brent, is that he has landed back on Earth in the future, in the vicinity of what was New York City. Brent finds evidence that Taylor has been on the planet. In Brent's search for Taylor, he finds that the planet is run by a barbaric race of English speaking apes, whose mission is in part to annihilate the human race. Brent eventually locates some of those humans, who communicate telepathically and who live underground to prevent detection by the apes. These humans, who are in their own way as barbaric as the apes, want in turn to protect their species. Brent has to figure out a way to save himself under the circumstances, which may be more difficult to accomplish in the battle between the dominant species on this planet.
Leave your thoughts about Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. NesbitI had forgotten how dreadful Beneath the Planet of the Apes was. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesA lot less poky than the original, and generally more entertaining. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzSocial commentary was not one of this glum film's strong points. |
| LYTRules.comLuke Y. ThompsonOne of the best sequels ever, building on the story while re-delivering what fans liked about the first |
| Rolling StoneNoel MurrayThe craziest installment of the Apes series starts out as an almost point-for-point remake of the 1968 original, somehow making it even darker and stranger. |
| EmpireIan NathanThose with the patience to sit through a slow first half will be rewarded with another gutsy ending. |
| TV Guide MagazineMichael ScheinfeldA disappointing, quickie follow-up that vainly tries to imitate the look of the original on an obviously limited budget, and for the most part, eschews the philosophical, social, and racial subtext of the first film in favor of straightforward shoot-em-up action and comic-strip characters. |
| Sci-Fi Movie PageJames O'EhleyThe best it would seem the screenwriters would come up with was having another NASA astronaut crash-land on the planet in which apes are the dominant species and the humans inferior. |
| IGNChris TillyA workmanlike sequel, it lacks the wit and intelligence of its predecessor. |
| BBC.comAlmar HaflidasonAs the apes close in and the mutants squeal their annoying noises, it's hard to care which side wins or loses, and that is a great disappointment after the excitement of the first film. |