After Merantau, The Raid,
The Raid 2, and even that short, I’m completely in the bag
for anything Gareth Evans does next. That especially includes his upcoming
Apostle, which, in addition to being a Gareth Evans movie,
also has an awesome cast and sounds freaking rad. It’s still off in the distant
future, but now we have our first look at Apostle. Check it
out after the jump.
Admittedly, this photo from XYZ Films doesn’t reveal much
about Apostle. We know the movie takes place in 1905 and the
plot involves a man who travels to a remote island to rescue his kidnapped
sister from a religious cult who demands a ransom for her. So, the prevailing
logic states that this is an image from the cult in question. It looks suitably
1905-ish and cult-ish and feels like it could be lifted from a movie about the
Salem Witch Trials.
Here’s the actual plot synopsis:
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.
I especially enjoy the part about the cult messing with the
wrong dude. That’s always a fantastic recipe for movies of this ilk.
Dan Stevens plays Thomas Richardson, and while he’s not your
typical Gareth Evans leading man—basically, he’s not Iko Uwais—he’s more than
proven he’s up to the badass challenge. Between Beauty and the Beast,
Colossal, and Legion, he’s everywhere,
but it’s mostly the way he dismantles people in The Guest
that has me psyched for this particular role.
In addition to Dan Stevens, Apostle also
stars Michael Sheen, Lucy Boynton, Mark Lewis Jones, Bill Milner, Kristine
Froseth, and Paul Higgins. (Is it too much to ask for Iko Uwais and Yayan
Ruhian to also show up?) It’s filming now, and you better believe I have my
eyes closely glued to this one.
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