 A SIMIAN MESSIAH SETS THE STAGE FOR BLOODSHED |
| Review Date: December 2, 1999 |
| Reviewer: BILLY ANTIMISIARIS, Karpathos, Greece |
"CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES" is the third sequel to the 1968 science fiction film "PLANET OF THE APES". It continues the exploration of the fictional future history of mankind set out in the previous film, "ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES," and considered to be the most violent of the Ape sequels. The film is directed by J. Lee Thompson.
Building upon the description given by Cornelius and Zira before the Presidential Committee in the previous film, a terrible disease has killed off the world's cats and dogs, leaving humans with no animals to keep as pets, except apes. In time, humans notice the apes' capacity to learn and adapt, thus they are taught to perform menial household tasks. By the year 1991, human society has become a sterile and more oppressive culture, with apes enslaved by humans.
Armando (played by Ricardo Montalban) and his ape Milo, visit Central City where Armando details how the apes became enslaved. He also warns the young chimpanzee to be careful in the city, should anyone find out he is the offspring of the two intelligent apes from the future, it would to lead to their deaths. As they walk through the streets of the city and are disgusted by witnessing the apes cleaning streets and delivering packages, witnessing the atrocities done to the apes when they don't comply. Seeing and ape beaten and drugged, Milo shouts "Lousy human bastard!" Armando quickly tries to take responsilbilty by explaining to security that it was he that shouted. As the crowd around them get agitated, Milo runs away, followed by Armando.
Hiding in a stairway, Armando says that he will go to the authorities and try to smooth things over by bluffing his way out of the trouble they're in, explaining that his ape had escaped. In the meantime, Milo must hide among his own kind, among the apes that are being trained for slavery. He goes through the violent conditioning process and is sold to Governor Breck. Breck, knowing only the ape's assigned number, uses and old family method to give him a name: taking out a dictionary, he allows the ape to flip through it, thereby naming himself. Milo's finger comes to rest on "Caesar". So christened, Caesar is then put to work by Breck's subordinate MacDonald, a descendant of slaves himself, making him sympathetic towards the apes.
Meanwhile, Armando is being interrogated by the authorities who believe the circus ape may be the offspring of the two evolved apes from the future. Putting him in a machine that forces people to tell the truth. Rather than being forced to tell the truth, Armando throws himself out of a window, resulting in his death. Seeing the death of his father figure, the only human he loved, Caesar loses faith in human kindness and begins to plot and ape rebellion.
Caesar secretly teaches the other apes the art of combat (although orangutangs are not seen fighting or even with the rest of the apes), as well as having them gather weapons such as knives, guns, flame throwers and grenades. However, at this time, Breck discovers that the manifest of the vessel that delivered Caesar lists no chimpanzee aboard. Suspecting that Caesar may be the ape the authorities have been looking for, Breck brings Caesar in and connects him to a torture machine, forcing Caesar to speak. Once he does, Breck has the machine turned full power killing Caesar, or so they think. MacDonald has tampered with the machine, secretly allowing the ape to live and return to the rebellion.
Caesar leads and ape revolt on Central City against their human keepers. The apes riot against the human forces and emerge victorious. Caesar has Breck marched out, planning to execute him. MacDonald appeals to Caesar's humanity to show mercy on his former persecutor. Caesar doesn't listen, and in a rage, details how from this point on, apes everywhere will repeat what has happened in Central City, dominating the Earth after the downfall of human civilzation, and instructing apes enslave the humans that are left. Caesar immediately rethinks his position and orders the apes to put down their weapons. "If it is man's destiny to be dominated, then it is God's will that he be dominated with compassion and understanding," says Caesar. The humans' slavery of the apes comes to an end, and the world has seen the birth of the Planet of the Apes. |
Darkest Apes Film
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| Review Date: April 3, 2001 |
| Reviewer: Ali Hosseinian, Wilmette, Illinois United States |
| After Escape Corneilus and Zeira were shot, but Zeira was able to give birth to her child and the ape developed speaking skills. The year is 1991, and dogs and cats had died in a plague, so humans decided to use apes as pets. The Humans were amazed at how quickly the apes were able to learn so they decided to have the apes as slaves. Apes at this time still are not able to speak. Except for the child of Cornelius and Zeira who choose the name Caeser. He led the revolution and exposed the humans who were treating the apes horribly. At the end of the movie the apes have taken over the world and the humans are the slaves, and Cornelius says, "Tonight you have seen the birth of Planet of the Apes!" |
awesome
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| Review Date: February 7, 1999 |
| Reviewer: , |
| this was in an awesome movie. you must see it to understand exactly how the apes came to power. so get it, alright? |
Humans and apes battle for freedom!
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| Review Date: September 10, 2001 |
| Reviewer: picardfan007, USA |
| What's so scary about this movie is that on one level it's entertaining and yet so true about society. The humans have the apes doing all the work in a society where dogs and cats were wiped out by a virus. Something that could very well happen today. The apes were domesticated and introduced but very soon made slaves. Ricardo Manltaban was the circus trainer that teaches Ceasar to intergrate into human society. I wish they didn't finish his character off so easily. He didn't get credit for his small but important role in the film. Well, to make a long story short Ceasar tells the apes they are being used! They get mad as heck and won't take it anymore! Riots and violence result and the humans take second billing on the planet called Earth. |
An Ape Revelutionary and His Human Collaborators
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| Review Date: October 22, 2002 |
| Reviewer: rodog63jr, bronx, N.Y.C. N.Y. USA |
| Of all the Planet of The Apes films, this was the most exciting to watch. Ceasar (Roddy McDowall) with the aid of Armando( Ricardo Montablan) and Mr. McDonald (Hari Rhodes) plans, organizes and leads a revolt against the human regime led by Beck (Don Murray). Mr. McDonald , the only African-American in the film, plays an influential role in saving Ceasar's life and saving the lives of the captured humans. |
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