It's not everyday that we get a one-word titled flick with a cast of two but here we are with 2026's Apex. And um, don't even try to compare it with 2021's Apex Predators or that Bruce Willis B movie from the same year. It's much more formidable and momentous than that. Crossbows and Australian landscapes and vertical drops and cannibalism oh my! "You going out alone? I wouldn't recommend it." Yikes!
Anyhow Apex is a panoramic thriller, swallowing and gravely risky when you realize that the main personas are in the middle of some nowhere National Park, playing a severe game of barbaric cat and mouse where the cat might actually nosh on the mouse. Double yikes!
Apex, well it's about a woman adrenaline junkie who decides to go kayaking following the death of her boyfriend on some mountain in frigid Norway. While in the grieving process, she heads across that good old International Date Line, encountering a murderous, outback local who intends to hunt her down while trifling her at the same time. Charlize Theron plays said woman (Sasha) and Taron Egerton plays said local (the false toothed Ben). Great physical acting by the always game Theron. Great emoting by the normally reticent Egerton. "I thought you liked danger." Yeah but to a point there boss. To a point.
So OK, you're probably wondering whether or not I plan on recommending the genre-retreaded Apex, what with its non-plausible protagonist's will to live or its overreaching black hat. Well I do, and um, I will. I mean if you're into flicks like I don't know, Rust Creek or 2020's Alone or Wolf Creek then Apex will give you that habitual, cinematic fix, complete with lush Aussie cinematography, a couple of grisly images, a harrowing, grim musical score by Hogni Egilsson, and some three-dimensional horror direction from veteran Icelander Baltasar Kormakur. "Seeing summit."
Written by Jesse Burleson
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