{"id":626799,"date":"2026-04-24T00:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/626799\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:32:10","slug":"charlize-theron-stalked-by-taron-egerton-action-flick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/626799\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlize Theron stalked by Taron Egerton Action Flick"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNetflix<\/a>\u2018s latest action extravaganza wastes zero time in getting to the good stuff, so this review won\u2019t either. Sasha (Charlize Theron<\/a>) and husband Tommy (Eric Bana<\/a>) are adventurous mountain climbers are out scaling the heights of Norwegian cliffs together, something we assume they done on some of the world\u2019s most desirable peaks, when horrible weather makes this adventure a little dicey. Before we even get to know much about Tommy, he\u2019s out of the movie, slipping to an awful death and leaving Sasha hanging by a thread. <\/p>\n

\n\tCut to five months later, and Sasha is driving down a big dirt road somewhere in Australia. We learn soon enough that she has come there to spread Tommy\u2019s ashes in his homeland, but is danger and even greater adventure than that mountain that took Tommy\u2019s life lurking for her? You bet.<\/p>\n

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\n\tStopping at a gas station to buy a map of the rough terrain she must traverse to get to that special spot in remote Australian wilds, she meets some other customers, notably Ben (Taron Egerton<\/a>) \u2014 who seems friendly, well-versed with the land and helpful \u2014 before going on her way. Soon she is deep in a lush forest area with a raging river below when she runs smack into Ben, who reminds her of their brief meeting. Of course, he had firsthand knowledge of exactly where she was heading since he basically sent her there, and yes, you guessed it, Ben isn\u2019t what he seemed. Instead he\u2019s a raging psychopath equipped with a sophisticated crossbow weapon and about to play his terrifying game with his specially selected prey in the form of Sasha, who is instructed to start running so his plans can proceed.<\/p>\n

\n\tNow this movie gets into high gear from ace director Baltasar Korm\u00e1kur, whose past titles include Trapped, Adrift, The Deep, Everest and Beast \u2014 each of which seem like auditions for elements for a ride whose ad line says it all: \u201cHunt. Survive.\u201d Ben hunts, and Sasha tries to survive, not just him but various treacherous and dangerous elements that make that mountain climb at the start look like kids play. <\/p>\n

\n\tWith a little nod to Deliverance, Sasha navigates the fiercely rolling river to escape, but this guy knows how to catch up, no matter how unlikely the feat. After some more chase scenes, he traps her like an animal and soon we are in Silence of The Lambs territory and a distant hidden cave where we see Ben\u2019s trophies, the hanging corpses and bones of other unsuspecting victims. Sasha is set to be the next.<\/p>\n

\n\tRunning a tight 95 minutes, and never letting up for one of them, Apex<\/a> is yet another perfect showcase for Theron\u2019s exceptional physical talents as the premier female action star working in movies. From climbing those mountain peaks to steering her canoe down that river wild, not to mention several other impressive survival skills along the way, this is Charlize at full tilt. There isn\u2019t much character development because this is clearly meant to be a visceral two-hander, the hunter and the hunted, set against spectacular Australian scenery that is worth the price of admission if Netflix had one. Egerton shows he can play psychos with the best of \u2019em and delivers a real sicko here. The actor is all-in on this one, so if this sounds like your kind of nightmare, well, go for it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKorm\u00e1kur certainly knows his way around this kind of fare, but for my money he is too talented a director to waste his time on a script (by Jeremy Robbins) that just dials up the cliches of this stalking subgenre. Still, his style is almost old fashioned, CGI-free moviemaking like they did in the old days, putting our stars in harm\u2019s way for real and giving lots of work to stunt teams as well. A real plus here is Lawrence Sher\u2019s stunning and gorgeous cinematography.<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers are Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, David Ready, Ian Bryce, Theron, A.J. Dix, Beth Kono and Korm\u00e1kur<\/p>\n

\n\tTitle: Apex
Distributor: Netflix
Release date: April 24, 2026
Director: Baltasar Korm\u00e1kur
Screenwriter: Jeremy Robbins
Cast: Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, Eric Bana
Rating: R
Running time: 1 hr 35 mins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2018s latest action extravaganza wastes zero time in getting to the good stuff, so this review won\u2019t either.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[258619,64,63,303729,34476,134,303730,344,435,30148],"class_list":{"0":"post-626799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-apex","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-baltazar-kormu00e1kur","12":"tag-charlize-theron","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-eric-bana","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-netflix","17":"tag-taron-egerton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}