Film Review – Apex

Director Baltasar Kormakur is certainly drawn to stories involving extreme physical challenges set around punishing locations. The helmer of “Everest,” “Beast,” and “Adrift,” Kormakur returns to the dangers of the natural world in “Apex,” though this isn’t a strict study of personal endurance. It’s a serial killer thriller, pitting Charlize Theron against a determined aggressor in the wilds of Australia, and while the film isn’t completely committed to the threats of the real world, it has enough of an outdoor vibe to give the helmer something to work with. “Apex” is primarily a chase picture, keeping things winded and panicked for the most part, and Kormakur understands what’s expected of him, delivering a competent take on chills and spills generated in Jeremy Robbins’s screenplay. The endeavor isn’t fully interested in building suspense all the way to a climax, but the movie gets most of the way there with a good sense of danger. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com