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By Nick Rogers (786) for Midwest Film Journal (148) on 12 Oct 2018

Gareth Evans' pivot from martial arts understands cult fervor has its own fighting stance and frantic energy…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 11 Oct 2018

But for the most part, it's a breathlessly oppressive experience, a dark and sometimes strikingly beautiful film that lives up to its most…

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By Joe Reid (103) for Decider (264) on 11 Oct 2018

You'll be on the edge of your seat for the entire second half. On the other hand, you'll want to shower afterwards…

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By Andrew Whalen (25) for Newsweek (1,534) on 11 Oct 2018

Apostle gets too bound up in the island cult it's meant to be escaping…

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By Charles Bramesco (223) for Guardian (4,584) on 11 Oct 2018

Polarizing yet undeniably fascinating, the bait-and-switch horror film lures its viewer into a false sense of terrified security before pouncing…

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By Leslie Felperin (768) for Guardian (4,584) on 11 Oct 2018

This is a timely tussle with a nation's collective sense of shame…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 11 Oct 2018

Tantalizingly rich in atmosphere and altogether unhurried in revealing its secrets, the evocatively shot, ultra-widescreen Apostle will eventually…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Vox (725) on 11 Oct 2018

It’s not exactly for the faint of heart, and its wild zinging from plot point to plot point can get tiring…

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By Kyle Anderson (153) for Nerdist (550) on 11 Oct 2018

While nothing is as virtuosic here as in The Raid movies, Apostle is nevertheless a satisfying, gory, and strange trek into religious terror…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 11 Oct 2018

Not unlike “Mandy,” some of both halves feel self-indulgent, and I’m not sure Apostle quite justifies its 130-minute running time, but…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 11 Oct 2018

Apostle is ultimately an absorbing, horrifying movie that’s maybe not as smart as it wants to be…

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By Ben Rolph (32) for Discussing Film (16) on 10 Oct 2018

The brutality Evans uses so frequently is portrayed in such a gut-wrenching way that you can't help but squeal…

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By Katie Rife (451) for AV Club (2,778) on 10 Oct 2018

The film introduces interesting themes as though they’ll build to something, only to let them spill out like so much viscera from an especially…

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By Henry Stewart (71) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Oct 2018

The film's victims are simply pawns in a super-gory bacchanal, which is aesthetically striking but emotionally dull…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Oct 2018

Shifting his energies to a Victorian-era island blood cult hasn’t dimmed Evans’ taste for feverish body harm, but it’s more clearly laid…

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By Rita Cannon (3) for Battleship Pretension (71) on 10 Oct 2018

Much like the cult it depicts, Apostle has a lot of powerful forces at its disposal, but can't seem to marshal those forces well enough to…

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By Andrew Parker (194) for The Gate (178) on 09 Oct 2018

The blood flows freely once the intensity ratchets up, but Evans never overstates his hand, with some of the film's potentially goriest moments…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 09 Oct 2018

Netflix feels like a proper home for a film this idiosyncratic…

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By Mike Mazzanti (39) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 09 Oct 2018

Evans lets his freak flag billow gloriously in the cinematic wind; leaning into the perverse nature of his work, he fixates on tension and…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for VODzilla.co (65) on 08 Oct 2018

Aided by Matt Flannery's reeling cinematography and excellent performances all round, Evans transforms this hermetic isle into a place of mystery,…

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