 What's going on everyone got a brand new movie review for you guys today and today I'm discussing Netflix's new original film Apostle Apostle is directed by Gareth Evans the man who directs the raid one and raid two both action films Which are probably some of the best action films ever made if you've never watched them go check them out But Gareth Evans this is his long-awaited film for me, especially I've been dying to see this film I heard it has horror elements to it It's from the guy who made the raid and it has Dan Stevens Plus it's about crazy cult that Dan Steven has to go after to save his sister And man-o-man when I heard that I was all on board for this movie And let me tell you for me at least it did not disappoint this film has a two hour and ten minute runtime and that runtime Flew by and I could have at least used a little bit more time within this cult establishment I absolutely really love this film for a lot of different reasons now I'll go as far to say it's not a perfect movie and there are some issues that I do have with it My inner nitpicks to it at least will say though This is a very nice little horror film that is a lot of thrilling moments to it It's not your typical horror film where it's psychological or it has a ton of jump scares No, it's one of those horror films that's a it's a horror film on its surface, but in the layers of it It's thrilling. It's a period piece plus it has some nice action to it as well Well, I mean per se It's not like the most over-the-top action film like the raids are but this is very much a subtle type of movie That gets you on the edge of your seat as you're discovering more about this cult because on the surface when this when he Got to the island at first. I was like, oh my god I was like this cults actually pretty nice But then once you start learning more about it You're like no there's some messed up things going around here She on the surface when you meet Michael Sheen's character who plays the main preacher slash prophet The leader of this cult in a settlement who discovered this island who discovered this cult with his two friends And he is just super been here probably gives the best performance out of everyone in here But he gives one of those subtle performances where you care for his character, but you're understanding what he's doing He cares so much about his cult and what he believes in and you understand that and as a villain Character, you're getting his perspective Which is good because in his eyes He is the hero when you see that kind of development within villains themselves if we're talking about anyone else in here Dan Stevens is always great He's fantastic in here But what I will say about his character is it's not his fault particularly, but it's how the script is written Obviously, he's going to this island to save his sister. I'm gonna be honest though. I didn't care about his sister I felt like there could have been a little bit of a flashback or some more stuff in the beginning to make me care about the relationship Maybe a little bit of tinkering of the script would have made me really do that But I didn't care what his journey was I was just more interested with the Colt and when he was discovering within this island Dan Stevens character You do care about because it's Dan Stevens in a sense But I just never got to that layer where I was really caring about the mission But thank God the film is so like heavy with mythology and exploration that I was on board with still with this journey Especially with some of the subtle characters that you do meet in here and you start to understand There's one little subplot in the movie that is about two younger kids within this cult which I did like but I also didn't love I feel like it wasn't needed by the over end of the plot. I was just sitting there I was like why was this in the movie you could have given me a little bit more about Dan Stevens It does explore a little bit of the mythology of the cult though And it does get into more layers of that And you think that you could have moved in and switched it around a bit because in reality I cared more about those characters than I ever did about Dan Stevens relationship with his sister It picks out of the way seriously this film is thrilling top to bottom when the film started It's just gets you into it and it's at a fast pace. It's getting you here It's getting you to the island and making you move forward I'm gonna say very vague with him what's on the island what you learn about the cult But there are some awesome little things in here It's super natural in a sense, but maybe it's not and you're kind of just getting there going What is going on here some really horrifying moments There's this one classroom moment where Dan Stevens is kind of crawling through a little cave That has water and everything in it And he's barely able to breathe or really see anything But there's some horrific stuff that happens down there and I was like, oh my god, this is awesome And it doesn't come off cheesy none of the film ever comes off cheesy And there's some other moments in here where again the red director Gareth Evans is really known For the way that he swings the camera around during action sequences There's a couple small action sequences in here where you do really feel that One with a guy fighting another preacher inside a house And the way that he's moving the camera around as they're fighting with just bare bones Knives and fists. It's it's great Then there's some other moments with spears And when Dan Stevens is kind of dodge them or move around them and move about it It's so great. It's so good how he moved the camera angles And that's Gareth Evans staples because he knows how to do that Some directors obviously had their own ways of moving it around with CGI But I don't know how he does it how he moves the camera so fast But however he does it it works for the film and it works for the style And it's great to see that Evan's style really does fit within a horror film It's great to see him branch off into this because yeah Like I said, it does have a little bit of action in here But the best way to kind of describe this film is if you took a little bit of the witch Shook it up and made it not as much indie film threw it into a pile And then mixed in the rate in there started up Then poured a little bit of the village to Resident Evil 7 Outlast 2 meshed it together started around and you get a postal Absolutely love the postal I think this is definitely a film that you guys should check out It's a very different unique type of horror thriller film Definitely one of the best crazy cult films that you'll see in the horror genre So with all that said, I'm gonna give a postal an A minus Really impressed me with this one I had high expectations and they definitely lived up to it Didn't exceed it because some of the other minor elements And I would have really liked to care about those characters a little bit more But I cannot recommend this film enough Please go check it out and please comment down below And tell me what your guys thoughts were on a postal Have you heard of this film? 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