Storyline
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.
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Cast
Mark Wahlberg, Michael Clarke Duncan, Martin Klebba, Tim Roth, Paul Giamatti, Rick Baker, Chris Ellis, Kevin Grevioux, Deep Roy, Helena Bonham Carter, Kris Kristofferson, Charlton Heston, Chad Bannon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Erick Avari, David Warner, Glenn Shadix, Lucas Elliot Eberl, Evan Parke, Lisa Marie, Estella Warren, Linda Harrison, Melody Perkins
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Reviews
70
New Times (L.A.)
Perfectly acceptable, deliriously charming...a goofy Bmovie dolled up like a square-jawed A-list blockbuster.
63
Chicago Sun-Times
Burton's made a film that's respectful to the original, and respectable in itself, but that's not enough. Ten years from now, it will be the 1968 version that people are still renting.
63
New York Daily News
As a story, Burton's Planet of the Apes is more of a comic-book creation than either of his "Batman" movies.
50
Rolling Stone
With the exception of a battle scene with apes on all fours charging the humans, the film is monumentally silly.
50
This film is pure, empty (if gorgeous) spectacle, and the decision to loose the tongues of the ape planet's humans (they were mute in the original) undermines the contrast that lies at the heart of the story's power.
