About this episode
Rob DiCristino reviews the film APEX, discussing Charlize Theron's career and the film's premise.
by Rob DiCristino Let Theron be Theron. Here’s the thing: It’s patently ridiculous to feel sorry for Charlize Theron. She’s one of the most commercially successful actors in Hollywood. She’s an Oscar, Golden Globe, and Silver Bear winner. She’s a noted advocate for charitable causes around the world who’s headlined celebrated masterpieces like Mad Max: Fury Road and played memorable supporting roles in cult favorites like That Thing You Do! . She’s taken weird chances in offbeat comedies like Long Shot and cashed paychecks in franchise slop like The Fate of the Furious . She’s a talented performer with brains enough to take the reins as a producer under her Denver and Delilah banner. In short: Charlize Theron is doing just fine. And yet there was a time when I told myself — probably while white-knuckling it through The Old Guard 2 — that Charlize Theron deserved much better. That she was better than Æon Flux and Atomic Blonde . That she was better than Doctor Strange 2 and her new Netflix thriller, Apex . But I think I was wrong. Maybe Charlize likes these roles, and maybe that’s okay. From Icelandic action director Baltasar Kormákur ( 2 Guns, Everest, Beast ) comes Apex…
People in this episode
Host: Rob DiCristino
Topics covered
- Charlize Theron
- film review
- action movies
- Apex
- Hollywood
- character analysis
Keywords
- Charlize Theron
- Apex
- film review
- action
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Taron Egerton
- Eric Bana
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Denver and Delilah, Baltasar Kormákur
Books & works: Mad Max: Fury Road, That Thing You Do!, Long Shot, The Fate of the Furious, The Old Guard 2, Æon Flux, Atomic Blonde, Doctor Strange 2, Apex, 2 Guns
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