Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #66. Gareth Evans’ Apostle

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Apostle

Making a name for himself with high-octane contributions in the shape of The Raid: Redemption, V/H/S/2 and The Raid 2 (with The Raid 3 in the works), for his fifth feature film, Welsh helmer Gareth Evans reverts to the early 1900s with this medium sized piece of Americana. Shot last March/April, Apostle is coined as a period revenge thriller.

Spotful & IONCINEMA.com

With Dan Stevens, Michael Sheen, Lucy Boynton, Bill Millner and Kristine Froseth, this is set in 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.

Release Date/Prediction: With Sundance possibly bypassing the pic, this Netflix title could pretty much land at any fest.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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