: The gorilla army invades the underground cathedral. In the chaos, Nova is killed, and both Taylor and Brent are mortally wounded by the apes.
In the 1970 sequel , the story picks up immediately after the original film's shocking discovery that the "alien" world is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth. The narrative follows two converging paths:
The film ends with a stark narration stating that the planet Earth is now dead.
: Deep underground, they find a society of telepathic human mutants who survived the nuclear holocaust generations earlier. These mutants are horribly scarred and hide their disfigured faces under lifelike masks. They worship a massive, cobalt-cased nuclear weapon they call the "Divine Bomb". The Climax
: The gorilla army invades the underground cathedral. In the chaos, Nova is killed, and both Taylor and Brent are mortally wounded by the apes.
In the 1970 sequel , the story picks up immediately after the original film's shocking discovery that the "alien" world is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth. The narrative follows two converging paths: subtitle Beneath the Planet of the Apes
The film ends with a stark narration stating that the planet Earth is now dead. : The gorilla army invades the underground cathedral
: Deep underground, they find a society of telepathic human mutants who survived the nuclear holocaust generations earlier. These mutants are horribly scarred and hide their disfigured faces under lifelike masks. They worship a massive, cobalt-cased nuclear weapon they call the "Divine Bomb". The Climax Nova is killed