Apex review: Charlize Theron gets her own Predator movie

The “man is the ultimate apex predator” idea is one clear source for the title of the latest movie in this very specific subgenre. Netflix’s survival-thriller Apex stars Charlize Theron as a wilderness thrill-seeker and Taron Egerton as the local predator hunting her for sport through the lush forests and raging rivers of an Australian national park. It’s a back-to-basics movie with minimal frills, apart from a CG-heavy opening sequence set on Norway’s Troll Wall. And while Apex echoes other wilderness survival thrillers, from Deliverance to Cliffhanger to 127 Hours, it most resembles a Predator movie where all the characters happen to be from the same planet.