You lose.
- Again.
- Change your flight sequence.
That's enough. Stop. Pay attention.
Pericles, stop. I mean it or no treat.
How well do I know you ?
Lieutenant Beaudry, please report to Engineering.
Lieutenant Beaudry to Engineering.
- ''F'' to ''E.'' Good. - Easy now. Slow down.
- Yes. - That's it.
We did it yesterday.
Hey, there you are.
What ? Was the Homo sapien mean to you again ?
We all know it's just rocket envy, don't we ?
Ever consider an actual boyfriend ?
You mean do I enjoy being miserable ?
No, thanks. I'll stick with my chimps.
Hey.
- I'm teaching him. - No, you're teasing him.
He's a state-of-the-art monkey. He can handle it.
When you frustrate them, they lose focus. They get confused, even violent.
Hey, congratulations, Pericles. You're gonna be a daddy.
Thought I saw a smirk on his face.
Actually, the female was the aggressive one.
Hey, Leo. You got a postcard.
Leo ! Leo !
Leo, it's been two years. When are you gonna come home ? We miss you!
Don't come home too quick. I'm really enjoying that apartment.
- No ! We miss you ! - Are they letting you fly yet ?
-No. -Are the chimps doing all the work ?
Hey, Leo, when you gonna make that kind of commitment ? You--
Captain Davidson, report to the bridge.
- We found it. - It's moving like a storm.
That's what it is. It's an electromagnetic storm.
- All the digital clocks are stopped. - It's beautiful.
Yeah, so is the sun until you get too close to it.
This is weird. I'm picking up frequency patterns.
Tune 'em in.
I'm getting every electronic communication from Earth from all time.
The storm must be bouncing it back to us.
Okay, let's get to work. We'll start with a pass through the central core.
Take initial radiation, gamma-ray readings. You get your monkey ready.
Excuse me, sir, I hope you don't mind my saying, but this is a waste of time.
We have standard operating procedures--
I'm well aware of the procedures, but if we go through all of them, it could be gone--
No manned flights. We start sending out an ape.
If it's safe, we talk about a pilot. In that order.
You need somebody there who can think. Why don't you allow me to do my job ?
He's the canary. That's the coal mine.
- Your monkey launches at 1600.
All right, you just follow your sequence and come home.
- Understand ? Home.
Standby. Alphapod launch in 30 seconds.
Chart his course to the eye of the storm.
Okay, Pericles, start sequence one.
- Activate reading systems.
Ignition.
Have him start taking perimeter readings.
What's wrong ?
- He's off course. - Lock on him.
He cannot respond.
Light him up again.
- Can't.
- He's gone.
He's trained to come back to the Oberon.
You think he's still alive ?
- Sir-- - For now we just sit tight and wait.
I'm gonna run some sequences in Delta pod,
see if I can figure out what he did wrong.
The signal is breaking up.
Stay on him. He must be panicking.
No, he'll do what he's trained to do, return to the Oberon.
- He's off vector. I can't hold him. - Okay, that's it. We lost him.
- Want to send up another chimp ? - No, it's too dangerous.
I'm not wasting another pod. Shutdown launch operations.
Sir ? Delta pod has launched.
Delta pod ! Your flight is not authorized.
- Goin' to get my chimp. - You bring that thing back now.
Return to base!
Never send a monkey to do a man's job.
Oberon, I got a visual on Alpha pod. Over.
Oberon, come back !
Oberon, come in !
I'm getting a Mayday.
Alphapod?
- I don't know. It's coming in strong. - Put it up.
- Mayday !
Mayday ! Come in, guidance ! Request instructions !
We're goin' down ! Come in ! Mayday !
- Delta pod, abort.
- No ! N-N-No !
This one looked at me.
Hyah ! Hyah !
- Hyah ! - Stinkin' humans !
- You guys smell !
Knives sharpened!
Swords and knives sharpened here.
Hey, where am I ?
What is this place ?
Fresh fruit! Fresh fruit!
Pineapples, bananas, plantains !
Fresh fruit!
Here, I'm open. Come on. Here !
You got it ! Dribble it down ! Open shot ! Take it !
- Make way ! Clear the path.
Get the humans !
Get outta here !
You guys smell!
- Get the humans ! - Take this !
Oh, that was a good one !
Yeah! Get outta here ! Stupid humans !
Stop it !
Who told you you could throw stones at humans ?
- My father. - Did he ?
He's wrong, very wrong. You can tell him for me I said so.
Human lover.
Let's go !
Hyah!
Whoa! Open it up !
What ? Are you trying to put me out of business ?
Oh, these are the skankiest,
scabbiest, scuzziest humans I've ever seen.
I must be out of my mind-- out of my mind.
I'll have to make it up on volume.
All right ! Get 'em out ! And get 'em clean ! Chop, chop !
Let's go. Keep it moving. Move along.
Come on ! Hurry up. Get out of there.
Hurry up ! Let's go.
Gentlemen on the left. Ladies to the right, please. That way.
Don't be afraid.
Come on.
Very touching really. I can't see for the tears in my eyes.
Come on. That one's got-- Crawling with lice.
- Hurry. - Yeah, oh, oh.
Check the teeth on that little one right there. Yeah. Nice.
Stay back. Back !
Get in there !
Move ! You too !
- Wear gloves when you handle humans.
You're getting soft, Limbo. You normally hack off a limb.
Uh, yes, General. That's true.
But, unfortunately, they're worth more intact.
Keep your eye on this one.
- He's feisty.
Are these the ones that have been raiding the orchards, sir ?
I know an old country remedy that never fails.
First, you simply gut one human, and you string the carcass up.
The human rights faction are nipping at my heels already.
Do-gooders. Who needs 'em ?
I mean, I'm all for free speech, as long as they keep their mouths shut.
I promised my niece a pet for her birthday.
Excellent. Oh, the little ones make wonderful pets.
Oh, but be sure you get rid of it by puberty.
One thing you don't want in your house, it's a human teenager.
- Oh, yes.
-Any one you'd like, sweetheart.
That one.
Oh, isn't she pretty--
I-I'll get that for you, sir.
And I have a pretty new collar...
just for you.
Compliments of the house.
You stink of humans.
It's disgusting the way they treat humans.
Demeans us as much as them.
Ari, let's go.
Let's get 'em marked ! I got orders to fill !
- No ! - Quiet !
Oh, no, not you again.
You know me. Just can't stand by while human beings...
are being mistreated, tortured, mutilated.
The only reason I put up with your nonsense is because of your father !
Hey, if you want me to stop, give up your filthy business.
Hey, I do the job that nobody else wants.
Besides, I don't see any of you bleeding hearts...
spending all day with these dangerous, dirty, dumb beasts.
They can be taught to live with us as equals, and I'm gonna prove it.
Don't do that. Don't do that.
- Don't do--
- Stay back.
Well, now, there's your proof.
Now I'm gonna have to put him down.
Help me. Please.
Please help me.
You are giving me such a headache.
I don't need this aggravation !
Sell him to me.
Are you crazy ? He's wild. They're both wild.
- Then I'll buy them both. - Oh, now, that would be expensive.
That would be very, very expensive.
I'm sure we can, you know, come to a deal.
- No ?
Deliver them to my house.
Semos, help me.
- Rise when your master enters.
Wild humans in my house ?
Different ? How could he be different ? You can't tell one from the other.
- My guests are here.
Keep the savage ones out of sight.
And especially from General Thade !
And you better be nice to him !
And wash your hands before dinner.
- Senator Nado, good evening.
My dear, you look lovely.
Thank you, but I'm having a bad hair day.
Yet she spends a fortune grooming herself.
- And I'm worth every penny. - Ha, ha.
- Would you like to freshen up ?
We're fine.
How the hell did these monkeys get like this ?
-What other way would they be ? -They'd be begging me for a treat now.
What tribe are you from ?
U.S. Air Force. I'm going back to it.
Finish your work.
Please, everyone sit.
How was it ?
- Boring. - I find it relaxing...
being away from the franticpace of the city.
I wanted to go out, but there was no place to go.
Nothing but trees and rocks.
- All you did was nap. - Exactly.
A bit of time away from politics is what is needed for a weary soul like me.
Ah, we used to lose ourselves...
for days in the rain forest when we were young.
Now I can barely climb a tree.
Trite but true, youth is wasted on the young.
Oh, how did I get so old so fast ?
Living with your daughter, Senator, would age any ape quickly.
You've long been a stranger in our house.
I apologize for my lateness, Senator.
I stopped to see my father.
- How is my old friend doing ? - Slipping, I'm afraid.
I'd like to spend more time with him, but these are troubled days.
The humans infest the provinces.
Yes, because our cities encroach upon their habit at.
They breed too quickly while we grow soft in our affluence.
Even now they outnumber us four to one.
Why can't the government simply sterilize them all ?
The cost would be prohibitive.
Although, our scientists do tell me...
these humans carry terrible diseases.
How would we know that ?
The army burns the bodies before they're examined.
Father ?
Mm-hmm.
Uh, at times perhaps...
the Senate feels that the army has been a tad extreme.
Extremism in defense of apes is no vice, Senator.
Your ideas threaten our prosperity.
The human problem cannot be solved by simply throwing money at it.
The government tried that once.
All we got for it was a welfare state that nearly bankrupted us.
I think the city has about as much diversity as I can handle.
Look. Look at this garment. This was made by one of my humans.
Can you deny the skill ?
Isn't it obvious that they are capable of a real culture ?
Everything in the human culture takes place below the waist.
Bow your heads !
We give thanks to you, Semos, for the fruit of the land.
Bless us, holy Father, who created all apes in his image.
Hasten the day when you will return and bring peace to your children.
- Amen. - Amen.
Next you'll be telling us these beasts have a soul.
Of course they do.
The senator's daughter flirts with blasphemy.
Is there a soul in there ?
- Do you have a towel ?
I've lost my appetite.
Hmm. Hmm.
Hmm.
I have no patience for these society dinners. I came to see you.
Oh, how sweet. You've wasted your time.
My feelings haven't changed.
I still care about you.
You only care about my father's influence... and your own ambition.
I know about the troubleyou caused today. I could haveyou arrested.
I'd do it again.
You feel so much for these humans,
yet you feel nothing for me.
A moment, sir.
What is it ?
- We found something. - What ?
We think you should see it.
There's a curfew for humans.
If they see you on the street at night, they kill you on sight.
You stay here, you're already dead.
Can you lead me back to the place where they caught us ?
Not without my family.
Here. This is where I saw it.
Go on.
Something fell from the sky with wings of fire.
There was a thunderous sound, and the ground itself shook.
Sure you weren't dreaming this ?
It was no dream, sir. Look.
- You told no one about this ? - No, sir.
We knew we had to come right to you.
You did exactly the right thing.
[ Sniffiing ] Do you smell that ?
Don't start now. We're off duty.
And I'm starving.
You're hurt.
How did you get away ?
- Who are you ? - Somebody trying to get out of here.
She promised to show me the way back to where they caught us.
- This is one of their house humans.
- Shh. - He thinks he's better than us. He thinks he's partape.
Hey !
We'll go together.
- Oooh.
Good night, little girl.
You go this way. You go that way. The rest of you, come with me !
Send a squad to the north gate. Hurry!
Wait. Someone's comin'.
You're lucky I found you before they did. You're surrounded.
Come. Back to the house. I can reason with them.
- We know how apes reason. - Is there another way out of the city ?
Do not get involved with these humans.
Why did you help me ?
Huh ? Why would you take that chance ?
I-- 'Cause...
you're... not usual.
Show me a way out, I promise you I'll show you something...
that will change your world forever.
Trust me.
When I was little, I-- I used to sneak outside the citywalls...
where... no one could find me.
If weare caught, then not even your father can protect us.
Trust me.
What about her ?
A human child cannot survive the journey.
Bon can take her. Take her and hide her at home.
Check every house.
- Have you seen any humans ? - No, I haven't.
Hurry.
-Father-- -Don't worry. I'll be right beside you.
Come on.
No !
Stop !
Where are the other humans ?
Through the tunnels. They can't have gone far.
When you find them, kill them all.
Except for the troublemaker. I wanna talk to him before he dies.
- They took her ? - She's helping them.
I saw her myself.
She had no choice. They threatened her life.
I'll report the message to the senate myself.
They'll beat their chests and ask for my help.
- They are weak without you, sir.
- Your father was a brave man. - What do you know about my father ?
Let me go.
I can't now.
That's where I flew in.
- You did that ? - No, my retro-burners.
Sure he'll explain everything.
There's no way to explain what can't exist.
Talking monkeys can't exist.
Apes.
Monkeys are further down the evolutionary ladder,
-just above humans.
Calm down, will you ?
- What's wrong ?
Apes are afraid of the water. They can't swim.
- We drown. - That's why every day we pray for rain.
How long can a human hold his breath underwater ?
I thought you guys were afraid of water.
Two dead monkey--
apes-- apes down at the bottom.
Someone else knows you're here.
- What is that ? - It's a messenger.
Keeps an open frequency with my ship so I can talk to them.
What, it talks ?
- With radio waves. - Sorcery.
It's not sorcery. It's science.
I have contact. Jesus, they're already here.
They must be waiting for me.
The messenger has a homing beacon that will lead us to them.
We're in control now. We're the 800-pound gorilla.
Who are you ?
Captain Leo Davidson, a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.
- I come from a planet called Earth. - Your apes permit you to fly ?
Our apes live in zoos. They do what we tell them.
I think it's fair to call this hostile territory.
We got exactly 36 hours to rendezvous with my friends, and I'm out of this nightmare.
What happens to us ? Where do we go ?
You're going no where. This one still belongs to me.
Take it easy, little fella.
I'm not gonna hurt ya.
I wouldn't hurt my own property.
But for you, I'll make an exception.
Hey, no harm done. Come here, kid.
Come here.
You're not hurt, right ?
You're young. Hoo-hoo-hoo.
Oh, these kids, they bounce right back.
Play dead.
- Kill him. - Slave trader.
- Shh. Shh.
You kill him, and you'll only lower your self to his level.
Exactly.
Oh, she is extremely smart.
You know, I've heard her talking about apes and humans--
uh, uh, separate but equal, to each his own.
Or something like that, right ?
Look, whatever it is, I-I agree with it completely.
Can't we all just get along ?
I'm probably just in the way right now.
- He'll lead them to us. - Then we'll make him our guest.
Cuff him.
Uh--
Aah ! These things hurt.
- What the hell are you doin' ? - You could use that against us.
- I can't allow that. - Who would invent such a horrible thing ?
- That thing was gonna keep us alive. - We're better off without it.
- What do you mean, ''we'' ? - Must you be so difficult ?
Why don't I act more like a slave ?
- That's not what I meant. - Shut up !
That goes for all species.
If ever I thought that those humans were capable of kidnapping my daughter--
Don't blame yourself, Senator.
Your family, above all, have been compassionate with the humans.
- Look how they've repaid you. - Can you find her ?
If you untie my hands.
What do you want ?
Declare martial law.
Give me absolute power...
to rid this planet of the humans once and for all.
Now is not the time to be timid or indecisive.
I am the only one who can bring your daughter back to you alive.
He's not in the city.
We under estimate this human.
I will hunt him down myself.
Your father sent me to find you. You must come quickly.
Alert the outposts. Don't let the humans pass.
I understand, sir.
Apart from my father, I rely on you the most.
We are not just soldiers.
We are friends. I am depending on you.
Yes, sir.
- So many questions I want to ask. - Me too.
These zoos you speak of, what are they? This word is not familiar.
- Zoos are where you find our last few apes. - What happened to them ?
Gone. After we cut down their forests,
the ones who survived...
were locked up in cages for amusement...
or used for scientifiic experiments.
- That's horrible. - We do worse to our own kind.
I don't understand. You seem to possess such intelligence.
Yeah, we're pretty smart.
The smarter we get, the more dangerous our world becomes.
Hmm. I knew it. You're sensitive.
- It's an uncommon quality in a male.
Why don't your apes object to the way you treat them ?
Our apes can't talk.
Maybe they choose not to given the way you treat them.
Apes in cages. Right.
Father.
I don't have much time.
Tell me... about this human...
who troubles you.
I will capture him with little trouble.
No. You're not telling me everything.
You believe he is not born of this world.
Has he come alone ?
Yes.
More will come looking for him.
How can you possibly know ?
I... have something to tell you--
something my father told me...
and his father told him...
back along our bloodlines to Semos.
In the time before time,
we were the slaves...
and the humans... were the masters.
Impossible.
What you hold in your hand is the proof of their power--
their power of invention, their power of technology.
Against this, our strength means nothing.
This has the power of a thousand spears.
I warn you,
their ingenuity goes hand in hand with their cruelty.
No creature...
You must find this human quickly.
Do not let him get to Calima.
The forbidden area ?
Damn them.
I will stop him, Father.
Damn them. Damn them all to hell !
What is it ?
The apes put them where they don't want us to go.