annon ▁Group , ▁eight ▁minutes ▁were ▁cut , ▁despite ▁Franklin ' s ▁ob jections . ▁When ▁E MI ▁was ▁taken ▁over ▁by ▁the ▁C annon ▁Group , ▁five ▁more ▁minutes ▁were ▁cut ▁out . ▁Franklin ▁later ▁described ▁this ▁process ▁as ▁" each ▁new ▁one ▁ch ipping ▁a ▁little ▁more ▁away ▁until ▁my ▁wife ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁li ken ▁the ▁pl ight ▁of ▁my ▁mon key ▁movie ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁horse ▁in ▁Black ▁Beaut y ." ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁received ▁generally ▁mixed ▁to ▁negative ▁reviews . ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁gave ▁at ▁the ▁film ▁ 2 5 % ▁posit ives ▁reviews ▁based ▁on ▁ 8 ▁reviews . ▁Franklin ▁later ▁called ▁the ▁movie ▁" on ▁almost ▁every ▁level ... ▁an ▁uns atisf ying ▁experience ." ▁ ▁Possible ▁Se quel ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁film ' s ▁release ▁Franklin ▁said ▁he ▁had ▁an ▁idea ▁for ▁a ▁follow ▁up ▁movie , ▁about ▁an ▁anth rop ologist ▁in ▁Africa ▁who ▁becomes ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁ch imp ▁war . ▁" It ▁would ▁be ▁another ▁picture ▁entirely , ▁” ▁said ▁Franklin . ▁" Ste ven ▁Spiel berg ▁said ▁he ▁would ▁direct ▁J aws ▁ 2 ▁if ▁he ▁could ▁do ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁Indian apolis , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁story ▁that ’ s ▁told ▁in ▁J aws ▁by ▁Robert ▁Shaw . ▁With ▁Link , ▁we ▁got ▁an ▁entirely ▁different ▁story , ▁which ▁takes ▁chim ps ▁as ▁far ▁from ▁the ▁j ung les ▁ ▁of ▁Africa ▁as ▁possible .” ▁However ▁the ▁commercial ▁failure ▁of ▁Link ▁meant ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁never