Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

The Conquest of the Planet of the Apes might not have been such a disaster and could actually be an acceptable genre film if it hadn't been preceded by three movies and an excellent novel. From the perspective of genre fans, it's understandably a very exhausted theme, further diminished by its deviation from the original novel’s idea. While the same screenwriter stayed on board, he abandoned the original concept and simply wrote an allegory reflecting the political climate of the late 1960s, including racial unrest and political storms against the establishment. The ape masks are merely props, and the plot of the previous films serves only as a starting point. However, fans and audiences were simply too weary, and the film suffered from an overly constrained budget. It also overlooked some logical consistencies in the story. Overall impression: 40%. (14/04/2008)

Something is communicated here from the express train, and it's very short, but on the other hand, there is a noticeable interesting development happening on Earth. It's not surprising that filmmakers took this particular stage from the beginning when they embarked on the new, digital version of the Planet of the Apes. Nevertheless, I quite like this film series as well, and even though it may look cheap in some places and it's more focused on action, there are still excellent ideas present. (05/08/2014)

A quite decent monkey revolution may be taking place (with a few scenes at the level of the current trilogy), but it's too short and ambiguous for my taste. Everything happens so fast and the viewer has a problem with who to actually cheer for (if anyone) and what to think about it all... As if even the creators themselves don't know. Caesar is more Hitler than Spartacus, plus the film contradicts the idea of the original Planet of the Apes, in which man destroyed everything himself and only then the monkeys took over. (05/07/2017)