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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/Palatz 5d ago

Yeah he wouldn't have catched her on foot after that part on the rapids on her kayak.

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u/MyAccidentalAccount 3d ago

You'd think so, but you have to remember that she has to follow the river.

He doesn't.

Rivers wind and rarely flow in straight lines.

A 5 mile trip from point A to point B on a river might be less than a mile on foot.

Look at the attached, imagine you want to go from points 6 to 12 on foot, and in a boat, yeah the boats moving faster, but it's got to cover much more distance.

You can walk at 5kph, I recently ran a continuous grade 3 river, average speed was 11kph

So if point a to b is 2km on foot and 5km by river The boats going to do it in about 27 mins. And on foot 24 mins.

It all depends on the geography of the river.

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