Apostle

Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): October 12, 2018

6.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 100 Ratings

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trooper1993Oct 28, 2018

First half of the movie felt like a cross breed of Shutter Island (2010) and The Witch (2016). The second half on the other hand really dumbed down the plot turning the story into some religious twist.

Overall it's a very watchable movie butFirst half of the movie felt like a cross breed of Shutter Island (2010) and The Witch (2016). The second half on the other hand really dumbed down the plot turning the story into some religious twist.

Overall it's a very watchable movie but it won't be very memorable for the most.… Expand

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JLuis_001Oct 15, 2018

In every sense interesting but failed in execution. Apostle had the weapons to become an extraordinary horror film but settled for the basics.

The biggest problems are its narrative, the slowness of it and how much of its excessive durationIn every sense interesting but failed in execution. Apostle had the weapons to become an extraordinary horror film but settled for the basics.

The biggest problems are its narrative, the slowness of it and how much of its excessive duration leaves aside what is the most important element of the plot.

It seems incredible to me that the film opens the first 25 minutes with a mystery that looks impressive and then gets lost for almost an hour in fairly trivial elements.
The only thing we know about the protagonist is his lack of faith because of the torture he received while spreading his religion. Beyond that we never go deep into it and when you have a film with 130 minutes of lenght and you don't develop more your characters, then that's problematic and when the story that should advance gets relegated until the final part, well I've gotta say Apostle becomes a slow-burner that abuses too much of its potential.

It definitely has things that redeem it. The film looks spectacular, the cinematography is excellent as well as the staging and the music. From its cast we have the always reliable Michael Sheen who makes a character that dominates the screen at every moment. The protagonist Dan Stevens doesn't do anything memorable but his work is solid. Perhaps the weakest link is Lucy Boynton who never feels in sync. I applaud also that the director stayed away from the frontal horror approach, yet more agility in that area would have helped him a lot to the rhythm of the film.

People where expecting a lot from Gareth Evans after his praised films The Raid 1 and 2 and although I must say that I'm not disappointed, the film was far from my expectations but it's still a good film and iit's another solid addition to Netflix's catalog who apparently were keeping the strong titles for the end of the year.… Expand

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DubeauOct 20, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Apostle started with good intention. You have great actors in this movie that deliver some greats performances. Sadly the story is slow paced. The movie fails to deliver anything tangible about the main character religion and his father relation. For someone that must save his sister, we certainly get almost nothing about the family and their links to one another. At the end you get some nice horror scene and actions, but nothing that scary. It's more like gory and violent. I give it 60% because I like the actors play, but the story wasn't very well executed. There was certainly potential in that movie.… Expand

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Compi24Oct 23, 2018

One of the more frustrating watches of 2018, Gareth Evans' "Apostle," starts out with tremendous promise, harnessing a viscerally interesting premise, sense of atmosphere, and visual touch to engross the audience into the protagonist'sOne of the more frustrating watches of 2018, Gareth Evans' "Apostle," starts out with tremendous promise, harnessing a viscerally interesting premise, sense of atmosphere, and visual touch to engross the audience into the protagonist's plight. That is, until that plot-line is almost entirely abandoned for a whole host of other, much less interesting sub-plots. And its within this morass of mixed signals, muddled motivations, and head-scratching narrative decisions that the movie almost lost me. Still, the movie looks great and has a pretty great climax. I just couldn't get behind the movie spreading itself as thin as it ended up.… Expand

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Lambo442Nov 28, 2018

I'll concur that the film looks amazing, the special effects are spot on and the score is great, but it's pretty dull, non sensical and there are plot holes all over the place. There's a lot of unnecessary rubbish that happens that'sI'll concur that the film looks amazing, the special effects are spot on and the score is great, but it's pretty dull, non sensical and there are plot holes all over the place. There's a lot of unnecessary rubbish that happens that's irrelevant to the main plot line. I feel the plot idea itself had a lot of potential but half way through things just get bizzare and random. The ending is very unsatisfying as well. Gareth Evans has a lot of potential though and this is defintaley a film made my someone with a good imagination and a vision, even if it is all over the place this time around. I can see him making some seriously good films in the future. I kind of wish he'd have spent time on the Raid 3 rather than make this, but I respect the fact that he's trying out different things and this film demonstrates his versatility.… Expand