Review – Beneath the Planet of the Apes

So this is what the apes have been sweeping under the planet all these years. Okay, seriously, this is the second best of the Apes movies (Conquest is still #1 in my book). It’s got a lot going for it. Human-hating gorillas. A spooky Forbidden Zone guarded by eerie optical illusions. The post-apocalyptic ruins of New York City inhabited by creepy psychic mutants who worship an A-bomb. Still more heavy-handed, simple-minded, 70s-era social allegory. A whopping disaster ending. Heck, it’s even got the best part of the first one (the end) tacked onto the beginning. Of course seeing the first one will help a lot if you’re trying to figure out what’s going on this time around. Otherwise, however, for my money the second time is more of a charm. Mildly amusing