The new Charlize Theron Netflix movie APEX delivers on exactly what it promises viewers: Theron—looking amazing as always—battling the Australian wilderness while fleeing from a deranged serial killer (Taron Egerton).
Directed by Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur, with a screenplay written by Jeremy Robbins, APEX stars Theron as Sasha, an experienced climber grieving the death of her husband (played by Eric Bana). She embarks on a solo hiking-and-kayaking trip in the Australian wilderness, where she meets a friendly local (Egerton) who offers her travel tips. But when she follows the route he suggests, she quickly realizes he isn’t friendly at all. He’s a deranged serial killer, and he wants to hunt the most dangerous game: her.
Without revealing too many spoilers, the movie ends with a news broadcast, which had some viewers wondering if this was a ripped-from-the-headlines, true crime thriller. But Australian hikers can rest easy knowing that the
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