What is Planet of the Apes / Beneath the Planet of the Apes about?

Name: Planet of the Apes / Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Genre: Action/Adventure,Drama

PLANET OF THE APES, 1968, 20th Century Fox, 119 min. Dir. Franklin Schaffner. One of the greatest modern sci-fi films, a combination of apocalyptic action and evolutionary parable. Astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) finds himself stranded on a strangely-familiar world; dominated by a race of highly-intelligent gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans. BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES, 1970, 20th Century Fox, 94 min. Three years before he directed the most somber of the DIRTY HARRY sequels MAGNUM FORCE, reliable craftsman Ted Post took a similar approach to the second -- and scariest -- entry in the PLANET OF THE APES franchise. Astronaut Brent (James Franciscus), on a rescue mission looking for Taylor (Charlton Heston), finds himself caught between apes determined to wipe out humanity and a subterranean cult of H bomb-worshipping mutants. It’s a premise that leaves little room for hope, but Post energizes the material with riveting action sequences.

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What is Planet of the Apes / Beneath the Planet of the Apes about?: PLANET OF THE APES, 1968, 20th Century Fox, 119 min. Dir. Franklin Schaffner. One of the greatest modern sci-fi films, a combination of apocalyptic action and evolutionary parable. Astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) finds himself stranded on a strangely-familiar world; dominated by a race of highly-intelligent gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans.

BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES, 1970, 20th Century Fox, 94 min. Three years before he directed the most somber of the DIRTY HARRY sequels MAGNUM FORCE, reliable craftsman Ted Post took a similar approach to the second -- and scariest -- entry in the PLANET OF THE APES franchise. Astronaut Brent (James Franciscus), on a rescue mission looking for Taylor (Charlton Heston), finds himself caught between apes determined to wipe out humanity and a subterranean cult of H bomb-worshipping mutants. It’s a premise that leaves little room for hope, but Post energizes the material with riveting action sequences.