Escape from the Planet of the Apes

This slightly improbable sequel has Ape genius Dr. Milo (Sal Mineo) fixing the ship from the first movie and along with fan favourites Zira (Kim Hunter) and Cornelius (Roddy McDowall) journeying somehow back in time to 1970s Earth.

Here they are soon recovered and become celebrities but there is a lurking threat from those who believe they must be destroyed to safeguard humanity's future.

This is an obviously low budget affair but that does it no harm. It's back to being semi-meditative science fiction considering how we would treat aliens, even ones very similar to us and batting about at what counts as atrocities, slavery, the ends justifying the means and so on.

Very much a talky movie that devolves into a chase at the end and has a twist that I didn't actually see coming. Recommended 7/10.