Apex: The Charlize Theron / Taron Egerton survival thriller from Netflix gets a rating from the MPA

Details on Apex

Charlize Theron will soon be seen in Apex, a Netflix survival thriller directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by Jeremy Robbins. As a Christmas present the streamer released the full trailer for the film late last year. The movie is due to come out on April 24th globally on Netflix. The film has been described as Free Solo meets The Silence of the Lambs. Theron stars as “a rock climber and adrenaline junkie who finds out that nature isn’t the only dangerous element out to get her when she sets out on an expedition in the wild.” Taron Egerton plays a stalking psychopath, with Eric Bana playing the partner of Theron’s character.

Apex’s rating from the MPA

The MPA has just released its list of newly branded ratings on upcoming films in their latest bulletin. Apex is among those that have received their new ratings and it will be Rated R for some strong violence, grisly images, nudity, and language. Strong violence and grisly images in a survival movie set in treacherous terrain sounds like an intensely good time. Here’s hoping the suspense lives up to its promises.

Theron went all-in on the climbing

In a recent sit down with People, Theron explained all the prep she put into the role: “I had never climbed, except for trees when I was a kid in Africa,” she said. “It’s great. It’s so much fun. In this case, I was climbing a lot. I was climbing pretty much every day. And when I got to Australia I was kayaking a lot. That’s a massive workout. I was just getting a strong as I could because I climb all of the actual mountains in the movie. I’m climbing all of it — and I’m climbing it barefoot on my own raw feet.” Getting to play the villain also gives Egerton a role he doesn’t usually tackle, and he sports a shaved head. “I was very excited by not having to worry about what my hair looked like every day,” he said.

Next up, Theron is also part of the star-studded cast of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. She plays Circe, a goddess and witch who encounters Odysseus (Matt Damon) and his crew on the island of Aeaea. That film will be released on July 17.

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