The latest movie from Gareth Evans, director of The Raid: Redemption, sees the filmmaker move away from spectacular action into the realms of horror. Apostle is a dark, gory tale set in the early 20th Century in which a man called Thomas Richardson (played by Legion star Dan Stevens) attempts to rescue his kidnapped sister Jennifer from a sinister religious cult on a British island. What begins as a tense mystery slowly transforms into full-blown nightmarish horror, as terrifying secrets about the community are revealed.There`s a lot to unpack in the final 30 minutes of Apostle. Evans keeps things deliberately vague for much of the 130 minute running time, which helps to build the sense of mystery and unease. It does, however, mean that when the true secrets of the island are revealed that it`s easy to miss some details, especially as Evans has several subplots to tie up at once. So here`s the ending of Apostle explained--and obviously, there are spoilers ahead!The entire climax of Apostle ultimately centers around the `god` that the community worships, known as Her. In a flashback, we see Malcolm (Michael Sheen) and his friend Quinn (Mark Lewis Jones) arrive on the island of Erisden, where they discover a woman, seemingly in possession of supernatural powers. When she consumes blood, the natural world grows around her--grass, flowers, plants, and crops burst into life. Seeing a chance to create their own self-sufficient community, Malcolm and Quinn imprison Her and start to feed her animal blood, with the help of a scary masked gimp-like man known as The Grinder. Soon the crops are thriving and a close-knit community, beyond the reach of the King and his laws on the English mainland, has flourished.Unfortunately, the animals cannot last forever, and with the land starting to perish, Malcolm is forced to look for other sources of blood. The members of the cult are told to leave offerings of their own blood outside their doors every night. But it is not enough. A ...
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