Dan Stevens

Michael Sheen

Lucy Boynton

Mark Lewis Jones

Bill Milner

Kristine Froseth

Paul Higgins

Richard Elfyn

Catrin Aaron

John Weldon

Ross O'Hennessy

Gareth Pierce

Rhys Meredith

John Norton

Ioan Hefin

Rhian Morgan

Owain Gwynn

Sharon Morgan

Sebastian McCheyne

Gareth John Bale

Elen Rhys

Spencer Booth

Toby Brierley

Alekss Dudins

Michael Gleeson

Paul James

Craig Jenkins

Lex Lamprey

Daryl Matthews

Stuart McNeil

Dan Ward

Rhys Wilton

Fergus Dignam

Helena Dennis

Annes Elwy

Juke Hardy

Samantha E. Hunt

Pino Maiello

Phillip Roy

David Petersen

Mike Wilson

Jamie Smith

Harry Smith

Claire Williams

Barry Phillips

Lloyd Elis

Leon Sua

Peter Pedrero

Jude Poyer

David Cheung

Matt Rohman

Elaine Ford

Marcus Shakesheff

Ian Kay

Pablo Casillas

Rubie Planson

Stuart Matthews

Lucy Allen

Helen O'Leary

Gibson Remick

Russell MacLeod

Lee Sheward

Seon Rogers

James O'Daly

Chris Waite

Huw Pearce

Tanwen Polly Wilkinson

Huw "Eddie" Mulcock

Craig Miller

Cai Dyfan

Chris Forster

Cai Stephens

Byron Llewellyn Braddick

Emma Jones

Ceinwen Wilkinson

Martin Broadbent

Paul Aitken

Dafydd Jones-Davies

Angharad Gwynant

Max Friswell

Andrei Nazarenko

Glyn Langham

Dave Tremlett

Craig Stoutt

Rory Armstrong

Tom Belton

Jack Trewin

Toby Petersen

Trystan Howell

Dylan Jones

Wahyudi Fouriestia

Mervyn Wallace

Eirwyn Thomas

Jayne Davies

Simon Chamberlain

Steve Cawood

Dan Patounas

Danu Prasodo

Matt Jones

Mark Hutchins

Debbie Banbury

Sarah Jones

Gethin Williams

Callum Macdermott

Ceri Evans-Cooper

Andy Gardner

Jon Thomas

Patrick O'Boyle

Paul Andrew

Jonathan Vidgen

Steve Guy

Rory Grey

Andrew Williams

Andrew Green

Mark Day

Gareth Sheldon

Anthony Prendergast

Bob Milton

Matt Hains

John Robinson

Ellis Wyn Jones

Beth Johnson

Sean Cronin

Andi Mear

Jessica Currie

Amy Clarke

Colin Toms

Liv Mutton

Inma Azorin

Rosie Flood

Kate Roberts

Gareth Skelding

Tom Harris

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Mystery

Thriller

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Apostle

XYZ Films

Severn Screen

One More One Productions

United States of America

United Kingdom

普通话

English

wales

ransom

gore

cult

murder

religion

prophet

church

praying

folk horror

isolated island

1900s

father daughter relationship

John Smith

This movie is anti-Christian. Look at the inverted cross in the name itself. It has an agenda - it's not just a movie. Do not watch it, do not let your close ones watch it either.

There are many more other good horror flicks out there who can do it without demonising religion (and not any or all religion, it specifically targets Christians).

Gimly

I think far too many movies that go for a similar vibe to _Apostle_ aren't willing to take that very important step into actually embracing your supernatural/fantasy/gothic elements. _Apostle_ on the other hand, goes full hog saying "fuck that", and in turn I'm saying "Please sir, may I have some more."

_Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._

***Mysterious first half devolves into muddled half-baked horror cheese*** 

A man in 1905 Wales (Dan Stevens) goes undercover as a member of a weirdo cult to save his captive sister on an isolated island.

"Apostle" (2018) has a similar plot to “The Wicker Man” (1973/2006) and a setting akin to “The Village” (2004) and “The Ritual” (2017), but it’s the least of these.

The first half is a decent set-up; a little dull, but nice and mysterious with a fantastic setting and village set. Unfortunately, the second half devolves into half-baked horror cheese with a couple of random torture scenes to supposedly keep things "exciting." 

I was shocked at how bad the second half was -- bad flow, no finesse, ill-conceived, lack of consistency, too ambiguous -- just lousy wannabe-horror filmmaking. It’s like the director needed 20 more minutes to properly tell the story, but was pressured to keep the movie as close to 2 hours as he could and so clumsily forced the footage in the second half together.

Nevertheless, the movie's provocative upon reflection, particularly its commentary on human-made hybrid religions and the potential for corruption and abuse thereof. Think Jeroboam's syncretic religion when the northern kingdom of Israel broke from Judah; he concocted two golden calf idols and appointed illegitimate "priests." It was influenced by Judaism and featured some of its trappings, but left out the most important part (God).

The film runs 2 hours, 10 minutes and was shot in Wales. I would like to see a "Director's Cut" that runs at least 2.5 hours with all the expository footage that was unfortunately left on the cutting room floor.

GRADE: C (First half B- / Second half D)

Apostle | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

Apostle( 2018)

Your god can't help you.

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Written by John Smith on Sat Oct 13 2018

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