Apostle Netflix OriginalBy Chuckie VanHooseOctober 15, 2018With it being the middle of October I decided to watch a horror film. So I decided to watch Apostle because it was just released. Before I go into my review I’m going to say that this is not a film for everyone. This film is slow paced, gruesome and just overall a creepy film. With that being said I actually enjoyed this film.

The film is about a man named Thomas played by Dan Stevens who is trying to rescue his sister Jennifer played by Ellen Rhys has been kidnapped by a murderous religious cult who lives on an island.

Dan Stevens gives a great performance and he carries this movie well. I enjoyed seeing his motivations and learning his back story. Seeing the the lengths that he was willing to go to for his sister was fun to watch. My favorite aspect of the film was watching him to blend in with the members of the cult. I think that he had decent chemistry with his love interest. One of the better aspects of the film is how they give the mythology of how the cult formed.

I wasn’t the biggest fan of the slow pacing because this film felt long. Which it is because it’s over 2 hours long so at times it felt slower than the rest of the film. However I did like how things paid off at the climax of the film.

I do have a few negatives with this film. The villain is fine but he is a stereotypical villain. There is a relationship between two characters that I just didn’t care about because I didn’t care about the characters.

Rating- 8.3

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