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This film has only two problems: a low-budget that makes the production look cheesy, and a nothing of a script that also pretty damn silly. Really this final Apes film was only made to entertain kids and squeeze out a few more bucks from the fans. The original 1968 classic is my favorite movie, yet I despise this one because I can't view it without getting depressed. The series deserved a much better conclusion than this. >

This, the third in the series that wasn't intended to be, is the best of the sequels. It's not as hokey and unpleasant as the second, and not as cheap, trite and silly as the last two. In fact, "Escape" is a fairly entertaining, witty and thought-provoking film. The only real gripe I have against it is that Roddy McDowall's and Kim Hunter's make-up is a cheaper version of the ones they wore in the original -- it shows and that makes their characters less convincing. However, the dialogue and McDowall's and Hunter's performances are so good that the movie overcomes its low-budget production. I would recommend this movie without reservations, except for the fact that the original is just so damn much better and the only one you should see. But if you have to view one of the sequels, this is the most satisfying of the lot, and the ending made me cry as a kid, and may make you cry, too.

This is a reaction to the comment left by Matthew A. Horn. First off I agree with all the sarcasm as to this film's lapses in logic, but this movie is not a morality play -- it's a socio-political allegory laced with satire, and attired in Sci-Fi drag. Taken for what it is it's one of the better science fiction films Hollywood's ever done. I don't think it should be knocked for being thought-provoking. Would you rather it had no ambitions to transcend its hokey premise, rather like the empty-headed "Star Wars" films? One of the great things about allegory is that either you get it, or you don't. Obviously, you don't.