Film Review: "Apostle"
Film : Apostle (2018) Director : Gareth Evans Studio : One More One Production; Severn Screen; XYZ Films LB Rating : 3/5 Apostle is good at everything except at being thrilling. The film has all the ingredients for a genuinely terrifying experience. The plot takes place in the early 1900s, which takes away our familiar comforts and consequently, some modern gimmicks. Unsatisfied with the anachronism, protagonist Thomas Richardson ventures to secluded island inhabited by a cult which members look like emotionless humanoids. The setting by itself is off-putting, and the very least, depressing. Despite all of these, Apostle isn't scary. Apostle (2017) is available on Netflix. What isn't? (Image source: Grimmagazine.com) I think the flaw lies with the lack of actual threat. The elements are there for a good suffocating tension: secluded island, brainwashed people, strict unreasonable rules, and violent cult leaders posturing as god-sent. There is such a narrow pat...