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Planet of the Apes (2001) 5.6
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5.6/10 from 125,634 users
Metascore: 50/100
Reviews: 1,338 user | 217 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com An Air Force astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominant a race of primitive humans. Director:Tim Burton |
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Gunnar
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It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a "routine" reconnaissance mission. But an abrupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade and his most trusted warrior Attar. Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet's Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind's past - and the key to its future. Written by Tim1370
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Rule the planet. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some sequences of action/violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
27 July 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Return of the Apes See more »Box Office
Budget:
$100,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$1,753,679 (Italy) (14 September 2001)Gross:
$180,011,740 (USA) (25 January 2002)Company Credits
Production Co:
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Zanuck Company, The, Tim Burton Productions See more »
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2.35 : 1
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A Paul Oakenfold Mix
Additional Production by: Paul Oakenfold and Povi
Additional Guitars: Emerson Swinford
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Tim Burton himself insisted that this movie was not a 'remake', but a 'reimagination' of Planet of the Apes; it uses the idea of an ape-inhabited planet from the same source material as the 1968 movie, but ultimately tells a very different story. See more »Goofs
There are numerous apparent plot holes in the story which are explained away in supplementary material (DVD booklet, novelization, etc). This includes the frequently asked question regarding the presence of horses. These remain goofs as far as the casual viewer is concerned, but they are the subject of much heated debate and are not now included in this list. See more »Crazy Credits
The background on the 20th Century Fox logo fades to a starfield, before the logo itself fades out and the camera pans to the planet below. See more »Soundtracks
"Rule The Planet Remix"A Paul Oakenfold Mix
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Additional Guitars: Emerson Swinford
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Thank you Hollywood. Yet another movie classic utterly ruined by a cheap, shallow, effect-heavy and redundant remake. The original "Planet of the Apes" was an intelligent and thought-provoking movie with a very clear message. It was a movie that focused almost entirely on dialogue, which sounds very dull but was in fact very interesting.
This movie, on the other hand, seems to have done away with pretty much ALL the dialogues. Instead of a great movie we get an incredibly stupid two hour chase movie. Dialogue has been reduced to a mere minimum, character interaction and development are non-existent and most of the time it's extremely hard to figure out what's going on. Instead, we get a bunch of pointless action scenes, some marginally funny one-liners and some very hollow quasi-intelligent conversations.
The only thing worth mentioning about this movie is that it looks absolutely fantastic. The make-up of the apes is magnificent, and the sets and backgrounds are beautiful too. However, this does not distract from the fact that "Planet of the Apes (2001)" is a very shallow and simplistic movie, filled with paper-thin characters, stupid dialogue and a nearly non-existent plot. Please Hollywood, stop ruining great movies by turning them into senseless blockbusters.
Oh yeah, the ending did not make ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER.
* out of **** stars, mainly for the visuals