✗ SKIP — Not worth it

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Name: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Released: 1972-06-29
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Hari Rhodes, Severn Darden

1972 · 1h 28m · Action, Science Fiction

IMDb 6.1 Metacritic 49 RT 52%

This Planet of the Apes sequel has a killer premise—ape uprising, Caesar's revolution—but the execution is messy and uneven, which the middling scores confirm. Skip it unless you're a completist working through the franchise; your time is better spent watching the original or waiting for something with more bite.

Plot

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.

Director: J. Lee Thompson

Cast: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Hari Rhodes, Severn Darden

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