Seeing Cornelius and Zera change from celebrities into feared and persecuted risks to humanity was brilliant. The apes saga is very clever as it's given itself a free pass for sequels and prequels - The original planet of the apes is sequeled by 'return' which although a bit hammy (bar the cool abrupt end) gives us the setup for the absolutely superb 'escape from the planet of the apes' IMO actually the strongest, most brutal and striking of the original films. Planet Of The Apes and this was a worthy edition to the original legacy. Nice that Caesar was a tip of the hat to Roddy McDowell, more so than Charlton Heston, he's Mr. The apes saga is very clever as it's given itself a free pass for sequels and Didn't excpect it to be this good.
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