This One Needs to Evolve

Planet of the Apes (1968)

	Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy mcDowall Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner Rating: UR Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Other
Review

Weird misfire that tries to equate modern American two-party political system with a rivalry between talking gorillas (republicans) and orangutans (democrats). Charles Heston acts as a sort of Ross Perot character, mediating between the two, but only succeeds in blowing up the planet. Roddy McDowall is touching as the chimp with a heart of gold and, strangely, Kim Hunter is somehow sexier as a gorilla than she was in A Streetcar Named Desire. Plods along for two hours before Heston finally breaks down and cries like a little girl when he realizes that even in space you can't escape New York City.