Directed by Ted Post
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Fox)
James Franciscus is an astronaut sent to rescue Charleston Heston from the first movie. He meets Nova and they get captured by the apes. Strange visions in the "forbidden zone" have caused the gorillas to declare war on humans and they march into the desert in search of a lost civilization. Franciscus and Nova have find it first, consisting of human mutations who communicate telepathically and worship a functional atom bomb. However, it's not just any bomb but a "doomsday" bomb capable of destroying the planet. They meet Heston in a prison cell and are forced to fight each other by the mutants. They manage to escape, but have to try to stop the apes from setting off the bomb. Chuck gets there first, supposedly agreeing to the role only if the world was destroyed and there were no more sequels. He failed, as 3 more followed in the next few years, and the series is still going strong today after 7 films and counting...
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