When you think of director Gareth Evans two Word occur to beware : The maraud . Film lover know and adore the filmmaker because of those two dead incredible Indonesian activity flick , but now , four years after The Raid 2 , Evans is back with a motion picture that ’s about as far from those movies as possible .
The motion picture is calledApostleand it accept all the unbelievable filmmaking techniques Evans put to serious exercise in The Raid movies and transplant them to a period thriller with a supernatural twist . Legion ’s Dan Stevensstars as Thomas , a man who must deliver his sister who is being held for ransom by aculton a distant island . He has to get to the island and infiltrate the cult to find , and hopefully extract , her . Which , yes , has a very undercover cop , Raid vibration , but that ’s where the comparability end .
Apostle is set in the former 1900s and has very little in the way of warriorlike artistry . alternatively , most of the pic focuses on how Thomas ’ investigation of the cult reveals its mysterious , dangerous , unfeigned nature . And entrust me , its true nature is something you will never , ever imagine . You may not even understand it when you see it , but you know it ’s interesting .
As Thomas covertly explore the cult , Apostle bursts with tension and mythology . Around every corner , it feels like Thomas may be catch and each Modern revelation add more danger . Evans , who wrote the movie as well , also develop several of the cult phallus , each dish a dissimilar design . Some work to show the furore ’s man , others reveal its deep seeded cruelty . While all of these stories are being thread in and out , Apostle can palpate a small bit slow , but it ’s never boring .
That ’s especially truthful on the occasion when Evans adds flashes of action to the story . It ’s sporadic to be certain but when there is a flurry of violence , be it with a fizgig or a musket , it has a actual impact . And that impacts get bigger and more gut - wrenching as the cinema move along , leading to a few scenes of late in the flick that even those with the secure stomachs will bump hard to observe .
Stevens is captivating as Thomas , impress from charming to mad and back again the more and more he finds out about the cult . As the cultus leader , Michael Sheen birth the perfect equipoise of nice and naughty and Sing Street ’s Lucy Boynton , who play his girl , may be the one good , true person in the integral film . The veridical stand out , though , is Mark Lewis Jones as Quinn , the cult ’s brawn , who get shivery and shuddery as the film gets on .
Under the chief narrative , Evans peppers interesting subtexts about the use of organized religion in society , collective mindsets , nature ’s influence on lifetime , and a lot more . There ’s also a crowd of supernatural devices , too spoilery to explain , that are deeply creepy and weird . Make no mistake , Apostle is n’t a dig , clap , action pic — it ’s a thought - provoking , taut thriller with great visuals and performances . It ’s a deeply more meaningful celluloid than The Raid which shows true maturation for the filmmaker .
Apostle had its earthly concern premiere at Fantastic Fest 2018 but it ’s lay out to premiere on Netflix October 12 .
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