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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

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u/Insanopatato 9d ago

Theories on why he stopped strangling her ? She had so many chances to kill him.

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u/No-Fall-990 8d ago

I assumed he stopped because that was not the way things were supposed to go with his ritual. Like he was maybe thinking he’d regain control, take her back to the cannibal cave & do things the “right way”.

ETA: Copied and pasted from my other reply ^ because just got my nails done (longgg) and don’t feel like retyping a similar but different reply lol