The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.... (Full plot summary below)
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
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The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsEscape From The Planet Of The Apes gets the series back on track, sending three apes back to the 20th century for a story that begins comically and ends in fear and loathing. |
IGNChris TillyMcDowell is as good as ever here – this time playing Cornelius – while Kim Hunter is hugely sympathetic as Zira. |
Sci-Fi Movie PageJames O'EhleyRegarded by some as the best of the Planet of the Apes sequels, maybe even on a par with the 1968 Charlton Heston original itself, this third Apes movie breathes fresh air into [the] series. |
The New York TimesRoger GreenspunNobody is going to believe it, but I must say anyway that Don Taylor's Escape From the Planet of the Apes is one of the better new movies in town, and better in a genre—science-fiction—that at the crucial middle level where the history of movies is made, if not written, has recently been not so much bad as invisible. |
DVDLaserDouglas Prattthe film is a highly satisfying mix of satire and suspense |
Old School ReviewsJohn A. NesbitThis second sequel serves as little more than a light appetizer with a memorable and poignant ending. |
Alternate EndingTim BraytonEasily the strangest film in the series, and a good candidate for the strangest studio-made genre film of the 1970s. |
eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesPassable entertainment, but it's no fun watching the likable, witty Cornelius and Zira become hairy martyrs. |
BBC.comTom CoatesIt works fairly well as the central movie of the franchise but will have little to offer non-devotees. |
EmpireSam ToyWith the potency of the central idea diminishing, Escape still manages the tricky move of carrying on a story that really should have ended with the last film, while setting up the series' mythology and paving the way for future chapters. But it's still a dilution. |