Mark Wahlberg

Tim Roth

Helena Bonham Carter

Michael Clarke Duncan

Kris Kristofferson

Estella Warren

Paul Giamatti

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

David Warner

Erick Avari

Lucas Elliot Eberl

Lisa Marie

Evan Parke

Glenn Shadix

Freda Foh Shen

Chris Ellis

Anne Ramsay

Andrea Grano

Michael Jace

Michael Wiseman

Eileen Weisinger

Deep Roy

Chad Bannon

Kevin Grevioux

Isaac C. Singleton Jr.

Quincy Taylor

John Alexander

Jay Caputo

Philip Tan

Callie Croughwell

Allie Habberstad

Brett Smrz

Howard Berger

Rick Baker

Cameron Croughwell

Joshua Croughwell

Hannah Peitzman Myers

Molly Peitzman

Jesse Tipton

Shane Habberstad

Chet Zar

Linda Harrison

Eddie Adams

Todd Babcock

Lorenzo Callender

Shonda Farr

Kam Heskin

Jim Holmes

Todd Kimsey

Candace Kroslak

Joanna Krupa

Lisa Lackey

Mark Christopher Lawrence

Melody Perkins

Tate Taylor

Jonna Giovanna

Charlton Heston

Tim Burton

Chris Lebenzon

Danny Elfman

Philippe Rousselot

Richard D. Zanuck

Lawrence Konner

Mark Rosenthal

William Broyles Jr.

Margie Latinopoulos

Gabriel De Cunto

Susan Anderson

Lillian Lanette Little

Kate Biscoe

Douglas Noe

James R. Scribner

Jackie Tichenor

Patricia Miller

Jonathan Chibnall

Brigitte Bugayong

Joel Harlow

Will Huff

Karen Iverson

Justin B. Henderson

Stephen Prouty

Margaret Prentice

Michelle Vittone

John Blake

Isabel Harkins

Denise Paulson

Martie Schribner

Lance Anderson

Fred C. Blau Jr.

Jamie Kelman

Barney Burman

Bill Corso

Geneva Nash Morgan

Brian H. Moss

Deborah Rutherford

Jane Galli

Vera Steimberg

Donna-Lou Henderson

Heather Koontz

Amy Schmiederer

Randy Sayer

Curt Schulkey

Bob Scribner

Christy Ann Newquist

Earl Ellis

Kevin Haney

Mike Smithson

Avram D. Gold

John Pospisil

Gilles Missir

Skip Longfellow

John Murray

Mitchell Stone

James Bolt

John Peyser

Andy Nelson

Ted Caplan

Jody Rogers

John A. Larsen

Marvin Walowitz

Charleen Richards-Steeves

Anna Behlmer

Terry Baliel

Steve R. Moore

Michael Haight

R.J. Kizer

Dawn Fintor

Richard L. Anderson

Ken Pepiot

Steve Austin

Susan Dawes

Alicia Stevenson

David A. Whittaker

David Lucarelli

Malanie J. Romero

Joel Negron

Donald Flick

Alan L. Nineberg

Dan Yale

Donald Mowat

David Boulton

David Betancourt

Al Rifkin

Laura Bollinger

Ellen Segal

Kirk Barton

Kyle Ross Collinsworth

Michael Hothorn

Joseph Judd

Sherry Aude

Sandra L. Scott

Joe Klein

David Heron

Steve Love

Doug Calli

Paul Sabourin

Andy Armstrong

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Nutshell

A pathetic plot, a weak script, and a very unconvincing Mark Wahlberg in the lead role provide for a wasted opportunity, especially considering that the makeup effects by Rick Baker are truly outstanding. If you want a good reboot/remake, seek out the 2011 version and its 2 sequels.

Yeah... pretty poor.

I didn't even know this existed until a week or so ago. Gotta be frustrating for all involved that they were in a remake/reboot of 1968's <em>'Planet of the Apes'</em> that wasn't the 2011 version. This one walked so that one could fly etc.

Speaking of flying, what the heck is with the high jumping apes in this? It looks so silly and doesn't add anything; a very odd choice. It is, though, a surprise that this film flopped given who got attached to it. Tim Burton as director, with the acting talents of Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan and Paul Giamatti. It's neat that Charlton Heston and Linda Harrison (stars of the original) made cameos, though.

Wahlberg feels a bit miscast, though Bonham Carter and Giamatti are solid; the latter particularly seemed to enjoy the role. The film does have a Burton edge to it, as expected, but this is one of his weaker films no doubt. Some other negatives, for me, include the make-up, esp. for General Thade, - I'm in the minority there - and the story's pacing.

CinemaSerf

This is much more of a straight remake of the original 1968 version that certainly benefits from superior visual effects and animatronics, but otherwise is really quite stodgy and sterile. Mark Wahlberg is the astronaut "Leo" who finds himself stranded on a planet that is dominated by apes that can speak. Just like their human relatives, the Simian community is facing a war. The more benign, cleverer, chimpanzees are facing a conflict with their more aggressive gorilla cousins led by "Thade" (Tim Roth). Luckily, "Leo" can count on the feisty assistance of "Ari" (Helena Bonham Carter) as they race their antagonists to a secret facility deep in the forbidden zone that could offer them a solution and reveal the nature of their past. Wahlberg is good in these action roles. He manages to keep the pace moving along despite a rather weak story that takes quite a while to establish itself, and then is all too procedural as it bumbles along to an admittedly lively and fitting denouement. It's not a great film, indeed was there really any need to remake it at all, save for it being a vehicle for the easy-on-the-eye star? Still, it's an above average production that passes two hours without effort. If you're really eagle-eyed you might spot "Planet" original Linda Harrison (in a cart) but that might be all this has to make it memorable.

Planet of the Apes (2001) Trailer

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Planet of the Apes( 2001)

You'll be sorry you were ever born human.

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A review by Nutshell

Written by Nutshell on Sat Aug 03 2019

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