Apex (2026)
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A grieving woman becomes the target of a ritualistic cannibal while navigating the wilderness of Australia.
The story
After a tragic accident during a climb in Norway, Sasha travels to the Australian wilderness to scatter her partner's ashes. While navigating the remote Wandarra National Park, she is warned of local disappearances and encounters a local man named Ben. What begins as a journey of mourning quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival when Sasha realizes she is being hunted by a predator in the wild. She must navigate treacherous terrain and outsmart her pursuer to escape the remote wilderness.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After her partner Tommy dies during a climb in Norway, Sasha travels to Wandarra National Park in Australia. She is warned of local disappearances and eventually encounters Ben, a local man who provides her with directions. However, Ben is a ritualistic cannibal who captures her and keeps her in a cave with the remains of other victims. After a violent confrontation where Sasha manages to injure Ben, the two find themselves trapped together in a canyon. They reach a desperate agreement to perform a tandem climb to escape. During the ascent, Sasha manages to free herself and causes Ben to fall to his death. She is eventually rescued and alerts authorities, who discover over twenty bodies in Ben's hideout.
- First release year
- 2026
- Runtime (minutes)
- 95
- Production countries
- Iceland; United Kingdom; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Writers
- Jeremy Robbins · writer
- Cast and characters
- Charlize Theron · Sasha; Taron Egerton · Ben
- Genres
- survival thriller
- Themes
- survival; grief; cannibalism
- Tone and mood
- tense; suspenseful
- Setting
- Wandarra National Park, Australia; also includes a flashback in the Troll Wall, Norway.
- Premise and plot tags
- survival; serial killer; wilderness; cannibalism
- Source material / true-story basis
- Jeremy Robbins screenplay
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics, with some praising the use of location and performances while others criticized it as a hollow action film.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 58 · scale: 100 · review count: 23
- Production trivia
- The script was on the Black List of best unproduced screenplays in 2021.; Taron Egerton campaigned for the inclusion of a track by The Chemical Brothers.; The film features a character who is a ritualistic cannibal who turns victims into jerky.
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