Escape from the Planet of the Apes, 1971. Some apes travel back in time to the Planet of the Humans. Directed by Don Taylor. Written by Paul Dehn, based on characters by Pierre Boulle. Starring Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden & Ricardo Montalban.
Concept: 3/4 (Good). As long as science has already been abandoned in the second movie, you might as well embrace it and have some ridiculous fun.
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 1/4 (Bad). I could accept a man in an anthropomorphic gorilla suit wearing clothes, wielding a gun and riding a horse. That was fine. But a straight-up man in a gorilla suit? No. That's just silly.
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4). It's extremely corny, but it's also entertaining. Too bad Kim Hunter isn't the star of all five of these movies.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.2/4 (Okay)
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