Planet of the Apes (2001)

Posted : 8 months, 2 weeks ago at Mar 8 11:47

The original Planet of the Apes is an ambitious and thought-provoking science fiction film most remembered for Charlton Heston's theatrical performance. Even by today's standards it still holds its own and I couldn't think of any reason why it might need to be remade, but with Tim Burton in charge - what could possibly go wrong? Oh boy. Let me get this out of the way and say that this film is an absolute disaster with no redeeming features. The original was ambiguous in its back story, but it didn't rely on a flashy introduction to set the scene. Tim Burton immediately ignores the source material and comes up with a convoluted electrical space storm and a bizarre chimp training facility floating in space. Fine. Wahlberg finds himself crash landing on an unknown planet anyway and in much...Read more

Rating : 2/10