Jeremey Brett is fantastic as always, but the plot is beyond ridiculous. I won't give it away, but the conclusion had me laughing out loud due to its implausibility. The direction almost seemed tongue-in-cheek to me at times--especially the shots of an obviously fake grunting gorilla. There's a few token nods to Darwin thrown around, and the sets show lots of stuffed monkeys and skeletons, but the theme of man vs. beast is not treated seriously. I have to admit, this is one of Doyle's very weakest stories, so one can't expect too, but even still, the climax and denouement are rushed, melodramatic, and don't even begin to provide any kind of teleological explanation for what we saw. Overall, it's an embarrassment to waste Jeremy Brett's talents on such a ludicrous storyline.
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