Beneath the Planet of the Apes - 1970
The bizarre world you met in 'Planet of the Apes' was only the beginning...
that lies beneath may be the end!
Director
Ted Post
Writers
Pierre Boulle
Mort Abrahams
Paul Dehn
Producers
Mort Abrahams
Arthur P. Jacobs
Cast
James Franciscus - Brent
Kim Hunter - Zira
Maurice Evans - Dr. Zaius
Linda Harrison - Nova
Paul Richards - Mendez
Victor Buono - Fat man
James Gregory - Ursus
Jeff Corey - Caspay
Natalie Trundy - Albina
Thomas Gomez - Minister
David Watson - Cornelius
Don Pedro Colley - Negro
Tod Andrews - Skipper
Gregory Sierra - Verger
Eldon Burke - Gorilla sergeant
Charlton Heston - Taylor
Lou Wagner - Lucius
James Bacon - Ape
Paul Frees - Ending voice-over
Roddy McDowall - Cornelius
Review by Theo Robertson
Slightly Strange Sequel,
There are two possible reasons you can criticise BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES . First of all by playing it safe and have Brent go through the same sort of plot that happened to Taylor in the first movie then (Second possible criticism) have the film mutate (Geddit?) into something rather different from the first half of the story. I don’t know if it’s just me but the second half of this seventies film has an entirely different feel from the rest of the franchise. It’s by no means a bad thing because I really did enjoy this bleak downbeat twist of a mutant kamikaze karaoke sing-along, though no doubt a lot of reviewers seem to hate it.
I actually saw this at the cinema a few months before PLANET OF THE APES premiered on British television, which meant my enjoyment of the shock ending of the original was spoiled slightly. Let that be a warning to you - Never watch a film franchise out of order. And never EVER let mutant humans write hymns!
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