Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.
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The original Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, from which the entire new trilogy draws most of its inspiration, was decidedly on the fence about humanity, indicting us for slavery and racism while also suggesting that maybe killing everyone isn’t the best response to same.
War for the Planet of the Apes, like its predecessors, is primarily an original tale but takes elements from Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes, the two 1970s prequels.
Although Mr. Thompson, whose other credits included "The Guns of Navarone" and "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes," moved the first "Cape Fear" along in simple, linear fashion, Mr. Scorsese did not rely heavily upon the original.
Compared to an actual contemporary film from the era, 1972’s Conquest of the Planet of the Apes —which embraced a full-on militant race war analogy— Skull Island ’s apolitical back stretch is disappointingly lacking in following through its earlier conviction. 1 The film’s most flavourless characters—Hiddleston and Larson’s hot interlopers—are treated to heroic Hollywood moments in capitulation to commercial concern, while the arcs of Goodman and Jackson’s more complex creations are cut short.
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