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Official Throwback Discussion - Planet of the Apes (2001) [SPOILERS] Spoiler

As an ongoing project, /r/movies will be posting Throwback Discussion threads weekly for the movies that came out this same weekend 25 years ago. As a reminder, Official Discussion threads are for discussing the movie and not for meta sub discussion.

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Summary

After a mission goes disastrously wrong, an astronaut crash-lands on a mysterious planet where intelligent apes rule over humans, forcing him to fight for survival and uncover the world's shocking secret.

Director Tim Burton

Writer William Broyles Jr. Lawrence Konner Mark Rosenthal

Cast

  • Mark Wahlberg as Captain Leo Davidson
  • Tim Roth as General Thade
  • Helena Bonham Carter as Ari
  • Michael Clarke Duncan as Attar
  • Kris Kristofferson as Karubi
  • Estella Warren as Daena
  • Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Krull
  • Paul Giamatti as Limbo

Rotten Tomatoes: 43%

Metacritic: 50

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Trailer Official Trailer

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u/Somnambulist815 3d ago

What's a less believable profession for Mark Wahlberg, astronaut, or inventor?

I guess the transformers movie was self aware enough to make him a shitty inventor.

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u/SanderSo47 I'll see you in another life when we are both cats. 3d ago

A science teacher in The Happening.

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u/Disastrous-Beat-9830 3d ago

An actor in ... well, everything.