James Franciscus, Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowell
Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor but crash lands on the Planet of the Apes, just like Taylor did in the original film. Taylor has disappeared into the Forbidden Zone so Brent and Nova try to f...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 5, 2000
Stats: 615 reviews
This sequel got a little bit silly towards the end and was verging on tacky 50's low-budget sci-fi but that?s fine, I love tacky 50's low-budget sci-fi!
Beneath the Planet of the Apes is one of the the least inventive and creative sequel to one of the most inventive and creative sci-fi movies ever made. It's a lot like doing a connect-the-dots puzzle in pencil that someone already did with a bold magic marker. The only motivation...( read more)
The first half of this is just an uninspired rehash of the brilliant original. The story only really gets going after James Franciscus has tumbled to the truth of his situation -- namely that the titular 'Planet' is Earth, and that nuclear war has conveniently turned New York int...( read more)
It's diminished without Charlton Heston as a leading man. It doesn't feel like the same planet we were at in the original. The missile cult is the hilight, with their creepy society underground. It's a powerful ending; I applaud them for that.
This sequel lacks the impact of the first, but it comes very close. It features some of the most imaginative sets I have seen in sci-fi from the period.
Similar in story to the first film, with the switch of having the lead arriving on the planet to discover what happened to Taylor (Heston) in the original planet of the apes. Still Beneath is a far more deeper film, in mood and scope. Touching on all the points which lead to the ...( read more)
Classic follow up to the original, and still a relative high point in a series that quickly degrades.
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