Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Battle For the Planet of the Apes (1973) is the fifth and final entry in the Planet of the Apes series.

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Set in flashback to the turn of the 21st century, this sequel focuses on the ape leader, Caesar, about ten years

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after he led the ape revolution in the previous film, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. In this post-nuclear war society, Caesar tries to cultivate peace between his simian peers and the surviving remains of humanity. Gorilla leader Aldo, however, wants nothing to do with this, as it reminds him of his former enslavement, so he plots Caesar's overthrow and doom, as do a band of mutated humans from their former city of the last film who want to reclaim Earth and destroy the entire ape society.

Related Topics:
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes - Aldo

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Towards the end of the movie however Aldo and the human leaders are overthrown. The apes and humans then decide to coexist with one another and they begin to make a new society.

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It turns out that the story is being told by an elderly ape (the Great Lawgiver, who has a statue in the first two films) over 600 years later to a group of young humans and apes. It is left ambiguous as to whether the ape-dominated society as seen in the first film, and the eventual destruction of Earth as seen in the second, will actually come to pass. However, as this film takes place after a nuclear war has nearly wiped out civilization, at least one major element of the first film still comes to pass.

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