BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES -- Ted Post, dir

©1970
studio: 20th Century Fox
production company: Apjac Productions
dir: Ted Post
cast: James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda harrison, Paul Richards, Victor Buono, James Gregory, Jeff Corey, Natalie Trundy, Charlton Heston

An astronaut, on a rescue mission, finds himself in the same, strange planet of apes as his predecessor. Travelling to the Forbidden City to seek out his compatriot, he discover a strange clutch of humans and their object of worship -- a "doomsday" bomb.

What can I say ... I like this movie. Always have. I know it's made on the cheap and it's a little heavy handed with all the war and peace allegory, but I still like the way this was put together.

I'm not sure when I last watched this ... I believe it was in the late 1980's ... but looking at it now I'm still moderately impressed with the make-up. No, the mouths don't move too cleanly, and the dialog that hasn't been dubbed comes across sounding a bit muffled, but all in all it works.

I didn't seek this movie out -- I saw it on the shelf at one of my local libraries and thought I'd take some time out to reminisce.

This still works for me, though I'd never try to argue it's case to anyone who doesn't like it.