Film Review – Apostle

Writer/director Gareth Evans turned himself into a cult movie deity with 2011’s “The Raid: Redemption,” a hard-charging actioner with extreme attention to stunt detail and ferocious violence. Evans stayed close to home for 2014’s “The Raid 2,” an overlong sequel that worked to up the intensity of the series, placing direct attention on ways to deliver a prolong big screen massacre. Evans breaks free from the world of “The Raid” with “Apostle,” which is far removed from urban pummelings and crime family dynamics, marching forward with something ghoulish, primal, and period. “Apostle” is as screamingly graphic as anything Evans has done before, with the helmer making sure aggression flows throughout this turn-of-the-century horror show, dipping a mix of “The Crucible” and “The Wicker Man” into a gurgling vat of blood and pain.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com