Watch: Apostle 2018 123movies, Full Movie Online – The year is 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister after she’s kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult demanding a ransom for her safe return. It soon becomes clear that the cult will regret the day it baited this man, as he digs deeper and deeper into the secrets and lies upon which the commune is built..
Plot: In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
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***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)
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).
Interesting and compelling thriller
Not sure why all the very negative reviews. While not a masterpiece, I found this pretty enjoyable. Yes, if you’re expecting the in media res of The Raid you’re probably in for a disappointment, as this is a bit of a slower burn. There are some pretty intensely violent moments but they are in the minority. No, it is not a perfect movie, but I think it successfully segues from period piece to horror film pretty well. Some people will probably have a problem with the fact that it isn’t enough of one or the other. It’s a difficult film to classify and there are some narrative holes. But I think it has enough interesting elements, stand-out scenes, and general intrigue to warrant a 7/10.
Bloody awful
It starts out silly and implausible, with two-dimensional characters in unexplained, hard-to-believe situations, spouting trite, cliché-ridden dialogue, and then rapidly descends into a free-wheeling, plotless, characterless mess. This may seem an exaggeration, but it is not. The creators seem to think that to see gore on the screen is all the public wants by way of entertainment, and the screenplay (it seems almost absurd to dignify the writing n this film with the name) veers all over the place, regardless of sense, characterisation or narrative, just to provide instances of blood-spattered violence. The last twenty minutes or so are cringe-makingly bad, enough to make you feel embarrassed for everyone involved.
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 10 min (130 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
Rated TV-MA
Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director Gareth Evans
Writer Gareth Evans
Actors Dan Stevens, Richard Elfyn, Paul Higgins
Country United Kingdom, United States
Awards 1 win & 8 nominations
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