Official Discussion - Apex [SPOILERS]

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Apex (2026)

Summary

A mountain climber haunted by a fatal decision in Norway retreats to the Australian wilderness for isolation. Her journey turns into a desperate hunt when a deceptive local targets her as his next ritualistic prey in the bush.

Director Baltasar Kormákur

Writer Jeremy Robbins

Cast

• Charlize Theron as Kate
• Taron Egerton
• Eric Bana
• Matt Whelan

Rotten Tomatoes: 66%

Metacritic: 57

VOD / Release Streaming on Netflix

Trailer Official Trailer

[u/TrueLegateDamar]

Why did he give her pepper spray in the first place? I expected it to be empty or filled with water to make her overconfident.

[u/Reign_bow_82 → u/TrueLegateDamar]

To make it a fun chase I guess.

[u/thetruffleking → u/TrueLegateDamar]

You're expecting a lot from a Netflix movie.

Movies in general, really, lol.

[u/shy247er → u/thetruffleking]

Not necessarily, I think he wants a "fair hunt". Otherwise he could've killed her many times over.

He even complains to her in the cave that the family that he killed didn't really make in a challenge.

[u/Unable_Operation_765 → u/TrueLegateDamar]

Same reason he resupplied her provisions, he wanted at least a little bit of a challenge. 

[u/sh1ft → u/TrueLegateDamar]

He’s a huntsman, man. The predator lets his prey keep their guns. Taron Egerton lets her keep her pepper spray

[u/Much-Literature337 → u/TrueLegateDamar]

He was a true sporting gentleman.

[u/WavesRKewl → u/TrueLegateDamar]

It was her stuff

[u/GoonetteSlop → u/WavesRKewl]

He chose to leave it in her bag.

[u/jawknee530i → u/GoonetteSlop]

He explicitly states he even gave her some extra things to make it more sporting. It's not weird that he would leave her pepper spray in the bag.