Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
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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The U.S. government turns to exfiltration specialist Tony Mendez (a magnificently bearded Affleck), who comes up with a plan so crazy it just might work (that it was inspired by Battle for the Planet of the Apes should have been a concern).
The costumes, hair and sets give off a pungent ’70s scent, starting with the old-school Warner Bros. logo in the opening credits to the movie Affleck’s son watches on a small TV – Battle for the Planet of the Apes, with makeup designed by John Chambers, played by Goodman here.
He's inspired by a late night viewing of "Battle For The Planet Of The Apes" with his son to create a fake science fiction film that is looking for exotic locations, requiring a trip to Iran.
So Tony Mendez (Affleck) gets the green light for a caper so wacky it can only have been inspired by his son watching “Battle for the Planet of the Apes.”
Directed by and starring Ben Affleck , who's working from a script by Chris Terrio, "Argo" settles in to a CIA conference room and lays out all of the scenarios and cover stories that won't work to get these four men and two women out of the country before Affleck's character, Tony Mendez, finds inspiration in a TV rerun of "Battle for the Planet of the Apes."
Luckily, Mendez has an inspiration while watching, of all things, “Battle for the Planet of the Apes” on television with his son.
Flipping the apes-as-slaves motif of "Conquest of" and "Battle for the Planet of the Apes," Burton's film proposes an ape-run planet in which humans are not just enslaved but, in Thade's view, dangerous enough to warrant total extinction.
Perhaps it was because “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” deals with much of the same story elements as “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes” (my favorite of the original “Apes” films) while “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” borrows heavily from “Battle for the Planet of the Apes” (the weakest installment, which was also the film that effectively killed the franchise for thirty years).
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973): The not-so-memorable, not-so-classics.
It’s all in service of an utterly conventional story, however, one you’ll be three steps ahead of even if you have no memories of the ’70s “Apes” movie (“Battle for the Planet of the Apes”) this is largely based on.