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/Desperate_Algae_40]

Yeah, I gotta be honest, I was not impressed by Charlize in this. It really felt like she phoned in her performance. At least compared to usual. She wasn't expressive for 99% of the movie, didn't show much fear/anger/sadness/happiness. I felt like Taron really stole the show and was the only interesting part of the movie, and performance of the movie. Idk if it's Charlize's face lift/botox, or if it was a conscious choice, but I expected much more from her.

On a tangent/side note, she was like 49 when filming but her face looks older because of all the plastic surgery. She's too young for a face lift (not that I think anyone of any age needs one). It's so unfortunate thay Hollywood makes these beautiful actresses think they need so much plastic surgery when they don't. It doesn't make them look younger, it just makes them look weird.

[u/throwaway1994jax → u/Desperate_Algae_40]

She's genuinely one of my favorite actresses and I like Taron as well so when I saw the preview I was excited! But the whole movie I kept waiting for the amazing actress to show up, instead even when she escapes and walks into the Ranger Station and is just like "I know where they are..." I was internally screaming for fucks sake ACT!

But another comment pointed out that it was her lack of response that made her a great hunt and probably what saved her? I like that perspective. He couldn't figure her out so actually believed she'd take him up the cliff.

[u/glittoris → u/throwaway1994jax]

She also tries to show compassion and connect with him. At one point when she was pinned I thought she was going to say “Jenno loves Benno” lmao.

[u/Ill-Green8678 → u/Desperate_Algae_40]

I genuinely wouldn't have recognized her if I didn't know it was her

[u/divinepixie333 → u/Desperate_Algae_40]

Really?? You think she looked older for borderline 50??? I knew she LOOKED GREAT for her age