This review is part of a series of reviews Journey to the Planet of the Apes to prepare for the newest installment.
You can find all the reviews here.
A man wakes up on a strange planet ruled by apes
Another man fights telekinetic mutants and blows up earth
A group of apes travels backwards in time
and becomes celebritiesThe child of the timetraveling apes leads an
army of ape butlers to enslave humanity
Four movies, one continuing story have led and prepared us for:
A schoolbus shooting at apes!
Escape manages to open with the biggest “what the hell“ moment in the entire series, showing our present day (well 70s present day) earth where a ship crashlands that looks oddly familiar. Three astronauts exit, but when they take of their helmets the obvious music cue just makes it even stranger to look at three apes in space uniforms and wonder what the hell just happened.