Sunday, March 21, 2021

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

*possible spoilers* 

A second ship is sent in search of some astronauts who had been sent into the future, and lands in the same ape-ruled place and time. This time the apes set out to explore the forbidden zone. What they find there will blow your mind.

This is the first of four sequels. It explores the points left open in the end of the first movie. The first half is basically just a lot of action. In the second half, we are introduced to a human community, more evolved culturally than the savages we saw in the first movie, who lives underground and practices some weird religious cult. Discussions about atomic power and doomsday ensue. It's not exactly a philosophically deep movie, and might provoke laughter fits if one is in a specially hilarious mood. The visuals of the movie, on the other hand, are just as impressive as those of its predecessor.

Rating: 31

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