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Title: Apostle (2018)
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IMDb sits down with Apostle writer/director Gareth Evans to learn why you don't need ghosts or monsters to make a terrifying movie.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Dan Stevens | ... | Thomas Richardson | |
| Richard Elfyn | ... | Charles | |
| Paul Higgins | ... | Frank | |
| Bill Milner | ... | Jeremy | |
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Catrin Aaron | ... | Elaine |
| John Weldon | ... | Lonely Passenger | |
| Ross O'Hennessy | ... | Suspicious Passenger | |
| Gareth Pierce | ... | Man #1 | |
| Rhys Meredith | ... | Man #2 | |
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John Norton | ... | Man #3 |
| Ioan Hefin | ... | Bell Ringer | |
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Rhian Morgan | ... | Inn Keeper |
| Kristine Froseth | ... | Ffion | |
| Mark Lewis Jones | ... | Quinn | |
| Owain Gwynn | ... | Townsman | |
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. Written by ahmetkozan
Before I even get into the laughable complaints made by the clueless, I must write that this is the first film in a very long time that I found compelling and didn't notice the "long running time." Some films deserve to take their time to reveal the story. If that bothers you--go watch the latest inane, super hero CGI fest that spoon feeds you your shallow entertainment.
The idea that Man corrupts religion for his own ends is the main theme. It is obvious that many viewers have lost the ability to actually watch a film and grasp its concepts. They complain about "no plot" when it's right there on the screen. If the film is not edited with the frenetic pace of a television commercial--it is considered slow.
Yes, there are thematic similarities to the original Wicker Man (not the pathetic Americanized atrocity made recently) but that is just due to the use of an isolated setting and Pagan religion and mythology. The plots are distinctly different.
Someone made a comment about the use of a "Zippo" lighter being somehow how bad the film was. Quick research (which obviously the filmmaker did) shows that "automatic" lighters where available by 1889 and the particular lighter shown was available in 1905! Zippo did not invent lighters--they just refined them and mass produced them for WW2. Don't claim knowledge if you don't posses it.
Another complaint was the island's village was too primitive for 1905? Really, Hand-hewn buildings look just like this. Again, every idiot who can thumb type thinks they know better than the filmmaker.
This is not a review of the film but more a review of the proliferation of useless, pointless "opinion" blurbs that people believe are reviews. A review is also not just a recounting of the plot. Just typing "this movie was a waste of time" is not relevant to anyone but the typist.
If a film about man's corruption of religion and an creepy use of Celtic/Earth mythology acting as the metaphor and some gruesome violence thrown in doesn't hold your interest maybe Transformers would suit you better.