Anyone who has seen Charlize Theron kick butts onscreen knows she has the tough athleticism to handle herself in the most punishing action roles. Whether with firearms and blades, fists and feet or behind the wheel, her work is made more visceral by the insistence on doing her own stunts whenever possible. In films like Mad Max: Fury Road, Atomic Blonde and The Old Guard, her physicality is the equal of any male co-star. Netflix’s bracingly nasty action-thriller Apex is a fine addition, plonking the star down in a rugged Australian landscape and throwing nature’s formidable might at her while stirring a psychotic serial killer into the mix.
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