Apostle
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): October 12, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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60
Film ThreatFilipe FreitasJan 14, 2019
As a violent, supernatural adventure, the film should attract both action and horror enthusiasts alike, yet Evans ends up slightly short of thrills and ambiguity, which are always valuable aspects of the genre. Read full review
60
VoxAlissa WilkinsonDec 10, 2018
It’s not exactly for the faint of heart, and its wild zinging from plot point to plot point can get tiring. But if you’re on the hunt for a frightening and original horror movie, it’s a stellar choice. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOct 11, 2018
Shifting his energies to a Victorian-era island blood cult hasn’t dimmed Evans’ taste for feverish body harm, but it’s more clearly laid bare his narrative shortcomings. Read full review
60
ScreenCrushBritt HayesSep 22, 2018
Apostle is a solid mystery-thriller, but save for predictably engaging performances from Stevens and Sheen, it’s largely unremarkable. Though it’s interesting to see Evans tackle something a little more conventional, this feels almost too conventional for the man who gave us The Raid and its sequel. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineHenry StewartOct 11, 2018
The film's victims are simply pawns in a super-gory bacchanal, which is aesthetically striking but emotionally dull. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeOct 2, 2018
The Grand Guignol factor climbs throughout the final third, but while climactic battles are violent, they never really thrill. Read full review
50
UproxxVince ManciniOct 1, 2018
It seems to attempt both schlocky fun gore and disturbingly realistic gore, which feels like an uneasy mix. Whatever line there is between fun, cathartic gore and enervating, off-putting, borderline mean-spirited gore, Apostle crosses it, at least for me. Not exactly a fun time by the end, and it was hard to divine a higher purpose for it (something about religion, I guess?). Hell of a premise, cast, and setting though. And points for boldness. Read full review
50
IndieWireEric KohnSep 24, 2018
By the time Apostle arrives at its big reveal, the movie has veered off on so many tangled pathways that the ending can’t resolve them all. Instead, it provides a single, ethereal image that hints at the more imaginative possibilities lurking somewhere inside this bloody mess. Read full review
40
EmpireDan JolinOct 15, 2018
A muddled Wicker Man-inspired horror that has bursts of style, but fails to find depth beneath its blood-spewing surface. Read full review
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