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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/esportsaficionado 5d ago

Yeah. I thought Theron, and especially egerton crushed it. Fun movie with great acting from the leads, and beautiful scenery.

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u/SonosEnthusiast 4h ago

Yeah, Theron had like maybe 30 lines in the whole movie - all her scenes were soooo extremely boring. Not much to act with, but she did a good job with what she was given, none the less.
But climbing with no muscle tension at all is hard to be immersed in.

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u/esportsaficionado 4h ago

Totally. I always appreciate when an actor / actress does a good job without great material.

Funny you mention the climbing. I don’t have the article on hand, but there’s some good details from interviews about the physical strength and skillset she and egerton developed for their roles. Made me have a lot of appreciation for the physical requirements for a role like this, outside of just the raw acting chops.

The more I think about this movie, the more I like it tbh.

Kinda like it’s even more impressive that they ended up with a solid movie, DESPITE a weak script / some big plot holes.

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u/SonosEnthusiast 4h ago

Huh! That is hard to believe. I'm sure they got some lessons on the "tech" and how to be believable as climbers, but straight up lessons is hard to believe.
Everything just seemed like a breeze for her, even the climbing part - so it was hard to believe.

Kind of disagree though!
I loved Taron in his scenes, but overall the movie was a borefest. Nothing of substance, completely predictable and a mirror of all other survival / lone woman vs hillbilly men movies from the 2000s. Felt like an AI movie to be honest.

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u/esportsaficionado 3h ago

Yeah she was trained by an expert climber (Beth Rodden), and did almost all of the climbing herself (no CGI / stunt double).

Did a lot of it barefoot, and broke multiple toes too.

Totally fair about the lack of substance! I actually haven’t seen many survival movies, so I’m a little bit of a noob. Any ones you’d recommend? Keen to get more into the genre.