Apex
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): April 24, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
15
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Travers TakePeter TraversMay 15, 2026
Charlize Theron gives everything she’s got to a survival thriller right out of the cliché spin cycle, but there’s no contest when she pits herself against a raging Mother Nature and Taron Egerton’s psycho cannibal killer. They never had a chance. Read full review
60
StatusBrian LowryApr 24, 2026
A 90-some-odd-minute adrenaline rush that gets stretched out a bit beyond its weight even with its modest running time. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenApr 24, 2026
Generic, sure, but gripping enough, Apex has located a corner of God’s own country where the devil reigns. Read full review
60
ColliderRobert Brian TaylorApr 23, 2026
Though Apex's story largely just updates survivor-thriller tropes we've seen many times before, it's effective enough in its repackaging that it's certainly worth firing up on Netflix during a lazy night in. The physicality of Theron's performance, along with the film's vertigo-inducing cinematography, ultimately make Apex an adventure vacation from hell worth taking. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBrandon YuApr 23, 2026
This Netflix thriller is a fun-enough time that is elevated by the performances of predator and prey. Read full review
55
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiApr 23, 2026
The pieces of this survival thriller don’t work together in any meaningful way, they just occupy the same space, and that makes 'Apex' less exciting than if the filmmakers had just stuck to one of their guns. Any of them. Read full review
55
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaApr 23, 2026
I'm sure most of the film's scenes will slip from my memory as the days go on, but while I watched, I enjoyed the battle between Theron and Egerton. Read full review
50
TimeStephanie ZacharekApr 24, 2026
Apex fails to work either as a vehicle for sick thrills or an excuse for lots of feminist butt-kicking. Read full review
50
Next Best PictureSara ClementsApr 23, 2026
Even in a flawed film like this, the action remains inventive. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 23, 2026
I couldn’t help but try to read a bit deeper into how these characters rhyme with each other, especially since Egerton is so game to go nuts, and Theron — ever the reliable action star, radiating strength through a clenched vulnerability — is as human as he is cartoonish. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeApr 23, 2026
Apex mistakes going bigger for going better when what it really needs is a little more cleverness, either in how Ben operates or how Sasha tries to survive her impossible scenario. For a movie with some pretty ridiculous plot swerves, everything winds up feeling oddly straightforward, which makes the survival genre’s requisite catharsis and comeuppance land anticlimactically. Read full review
42
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezApr 24, 2026
Theron can survive almost anything onscreen. Apex proves, once again, that she can carry weak material farther than most actors. It also proves that even she cannot quite drag a dull survival programmer up the mountain. Read full review
40
The GuardianLuke BuckmasterApr 24, 2026
The whole affair feels slick but soulless, with no personality or – despite the lush settings – any real sense of place. Read full review
40
Screen RantGrant HermannsApr 23, 2026
With thin character work and a familiar story surrounding it, the movie ultimately proves more disposable than enjoyable. Read full review
40
The TimesKevin MaherApr 23, 2026
This is a mildly distracting guilty pleasure romp that is undone by its own casting crisis. Read full review
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