Planet of the Apes (2001)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Tim Burton

Writers (WGA):

Pierre Boulle (novel)
William Broyles Jr. (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 July 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Rule the planet.

Plot:

An astronaut lands on a planet inhabited by human-like apes, who rule the planet with an iron fist.

Plot Keywords:

Progenitor | Card Cheat | Altering History | Alternate History | Washington D.C.

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 8 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Mark Wahlberg	...	Captain Leo Davidson
Tim Roth	...	Thade
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Ari
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Attar
Paul Giamatti	...	Limbo
Estella Warren	...	Daena
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Krull
David Warner	...	Sandar
Kris Kristofferson	...	Karubi
Erick Avari	...	Tival
Luke Eberl	...	Birn
Evan Parke	...	Gunnar (as Evan Dexter Parke)
Glenn Shadix	...	Senator Nado
Freda Foh Shen	...	Bon
Chris Ellis	...	Lt. General Karl Vasich

Also Known As:

The Visitor (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sequences of action/violence.

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12PG (original rating) | Ireland:PG (video rating) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: A human soldier screams during the war near the end of the film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: As Leo and co. escape the city through the tunnels, they break through some boards covering the tunnel exit. One of the boards has been clearly sawn through and is broken at that point.

Quotes:

Limbo: Can't we all just get along?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in An Inconvenient Penguin Death March (2007)

Soundtrack:

Rule The Planet Remix

Can you smell the garbage?

This is a terrible film in every sense of the word. First, it never should have been made, given that the original 1968 Planet of the Apes is one of the best films of all-time. Second, it just plain reeks! The humans talk, have great teeth and their women wear lipstick. So the 'shock' of the Apes meeting a talking human from space is non-existent.

The climatic showdown between man and ape is predictable after the first five minutes, and the film's ending is so nonsensically idiotic it defies description. Avoid at all costs!