Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Caesar, een kleine chimpansee, groeit op in de beschermde wereld van het circus. Zijn ouders werden gedood omdat ze te veel menselijke trekken hadden. Op een dag neemt de circuseigenaar Caesar weg uit zijn vertrouwde omgeving en toont hij hem de echte wereld. Caesar ziet hoe zijn soortgenoten als slaven behandeld worden en vooral dom gehouden worden. De aap kan deze onrechtvaardigheid niet aanzien en hij komt in opstand. Hierdoor verraadt hij zijn intelligentie, waardoor de jacht op mensapen opnieuw wordt geopend.

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An intelligent ape from the far future leads an Army of monkey servants in a revolt against their human masters. The fourth film in the PLANET OF THE APES series features the most explosive subtext of any film in the series, and a sleek, futuristic production design. Followed by BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES.

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The fourth Planet of the Apes film is set in 1991, 20 years since the assassination of talking, time-traveling apes Cornelius and Zira at the end of Escape From the Planet of the Apes. The couple's infant son, Caesar (Roddy McDowall), has grown to adulthood in the care of kindly circus owner Armando (Ricardo Montalban). Meanwhile, a plague has wiped all dogs and cats from the face of the Earth; speechless primitive apes have therefore been domesticated and turned into first pets, then servants of humankind. Caesar becomes outraged at the treatment of these simian slaves and accidentally reveals his powers of spee...
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ch in front of the militaristic authorities, who kill Armando when he tries to protect his friend's identity. His cover blown, Caesar kick-starts a revolution that pits chimps against humans, paving the way for eventual ape ascendency. Caesar was the second of McDowall's three Planet of the Apes characters; he also portrayed Cornelius in the first and third films and Galen in the short-lived 1974 television series. After taking over the franchise with this picture, Hollywood veteran J. Lee Thompson would become the only director to helm two Planet of the Apes films when he returned for the fifth and final installment.
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