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Battle for the Planet of the Apes
UNITED KINGDOM · 1973

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

J. Lee Thompson
post-apocalyptic society civil conflict interspecies coexistence authoritarianism survival
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Synopsis

The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.

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