Apostle

Cast View all

	Dan Stevens	Thomas Richardson
	Richard Elfyn	Charles
	Paul Higgins	Frank
	Bill Milner	Jeremy
	Catrin Aaron	Elaine
	John Weldon	Lonely Passenger
	Ross O'Hennessy	Suspicious Passenger
	Gareth Pierce	Man #1
	Rhys Meredith	Man #2
	John Norton	Man #3
	Ioan Hefin	Bell Ringer
	Rhian Morgan	Inn Keeper
	Kristine Froseth	Ffion
	Mark Lewis Jones	Quinn
	Owain Gwynn	Townsman
	Lucy Boynton	Andrea
	Michael Sheen	Malcolm Howe
	Sharon Morgan	Her
	Sebastian McCheyne	The Grinder
	Gareth John Bale	Bar Keeper
	Elen Rhys	Jennifer
	Spencer Booth	Townsmen Guard
	Toby Brierley	Townsmen Guard
	Alekss Dudins	Townsmen Guard
	Michael Gleeson	Townsmen Guard

Crew View all

Director	Gareth Evans
Writer	Gareth Evans
Producer	Nate Bolotin, Gareth Evans, Matt Levin, Nick Spicer, Meinir Stoutt, Ed Talfan, Aram Tertzakian, Jeremy Kipp Walker
Musician	Aria Prayogi, Fajar Yuskemal
Photography	Matt Flannery

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My quick rating - 7,2/10. Ahhh, religion. The driving force from the vast majority of horror films, and, let's face it the real life culprit for more deaths in human history then anything else. This flick looks great to start with. A great deal of attention was paid to creating the time in which this movie takes place (early 1900s). Along with great locale there is also a great use of camera work to really showcase the island that our story takes place. A former preacher travels to this island to rescue his kidnapped sister. Not sure what he is getting into, he arrives to find the island is nothing more than a ravenous (remember that word for an upcoming movie) cult which also may hold even more secrets to what is going on. The movie is somewhat slow and methodical in letting all the layers of the film unfold but it doesn't seem to drag as the story is so well crafted. The acting gives the characters a bit of unique perspective to who each seems to believe, be it the "savior" or the power hungry "bad guy." Even the seemingly unbalanced hero shows the signs of what his beliefs have led him to become. The obvious theme of this movie is the sheer evil that faith will lead people to believe in and the extent to which they will go for it. All religions seem to rely on this blind faith and over the years, cults have preyed on people in this manner. Even without the supernatural aspects, this occurs and is just magnified later on in the flick. A top notch Netflix offering for sure and fits well into #shocktober . This movie even has a scene that would've given our hero @nicole alonso a bit of a scare ;) Definitely worth watching especially if you are a subscriber.

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