Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Apex’ on Netflix, a Survivalist Tale Starring Charlize Theron as a Serial Thrillseeker in Peril

As if Charlize Theron hadn’t been through enough already in Australia, Apex (now on Netflix) puts the Mad Max: Fury Road star in deep doodoo, deep in the bush. The versatile actor – kinda recently rebranded as an action hero, thanks to the Fast/Furious series, Atomic Blonde and The Old Guard – straps on a climbing harness to play a serial thrillseeker pitted against a serial killer played by a gone-gonzo Taron Egerton. This is a classic Tight 90 thriller from director Baltasar Kormakur, who’s made a name for himself with tense survivalist stories (most recently Beast and Adrift) that meet their modest goals, just like this one does.

APEX: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? 

The Gist: No big deal, Sasha (Theron) and Tommy (Eric Bana) have pitched a tent on a tiny portable platform on the face of Troll Wall in Norway, about – and I’m just eyeballing this

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