APOSTLE (2018) Ending Explained

hey what's up everyone welcome to found flicks on this ending explain we'll be checking out apostle following a man who travels to a remote island to search for his missing sister after she is kidnapped by a murderous religious cult the latest from Gareth Evans the mastermind behind the raid films and the excellent safe havens segment of VHS 2 presents a generally different kind of style with apostle which also is in English unlike most of his films it begins as a moody atmospheric mystery before later developing into an increasingly intense and at times quite bori experience suffice to say I enjoyed the movie quite a bit though there are a few major lingering questions in the film in particular about the ending so let's dig into apostle breaking down the story the major themes of the film and explaining what happens in the end we meet our Apostle Thomas already on the way to the mysterious island of arras den by train hearing and voiceover the letter from his sister that sent him on his journey we see him being enlisted in a flashback looking much more disheveled and Haggard and indeed the associate of his fathers thought he was long dead until they tracked him down as his father is too old and broken to help it has fallen on Thomas to help his beloved sister who according to the letter is being held for ransom by a blasphemous cult the man informing Thomas to only pay the ransom once it's confirmed his sister is indeed alive telling him to first blend in amongst the members arriving to a dock and small boat along with several others each is clutching an invitation to the island and he notices an odd mark on his own worried about what this means he switches his with another man's in line under the guise of helping him and after boarding the boat see the man's luggage is suspiciously marked with a white X good thing he switched to as when they arrived on the island the man is quickly to taint and held behind obviously believing him to be Thomas and thusly that he has their ransom money upon entering the village the new citizens are logged asked to tell their devotion to the islands God that they all worship devoting every drop of their blood for her and given it receptacle a glass jar later hearing people singing a hymn of some kind Thomas meets Andrea then heading to the local church where the leader of the group the prophet Malcolm fills us in on the ideals of the island to create a paradise with no war no taxes and everyone treated as equal well that sure is a nice idea hopefully there's nothing suspect about how they're making it happen here accounts when he and the two other brothers Frank and Quinn escaped England due to religious persecution and found themselves on air isn't saying they heard the sweet song of the goddess beckoning them here and saved them all things aren't as hunky-dory as Malcolm leads his flock to believe confronting the man they think is Thomas torturing him and demanding he hand over the ransom dough Malcolm does Express this pleasure about how brutally Quinn has injured him but since he can't help orders Quinn to slit his throat that night after a Bell Tolls requiring everyone to return to their cabins Thomas instead does some investigating of the village peeking into one window seeing a husband cutting his wife's arm and bloodletting into one of their receptacles he next goes to Malcolm's house watching him move a rug exposing a door in the floor into which he descends there bumping into the young girl Fiona wins daughter seeing her boyfriend Jeremy watching from nearby the two have a sexual relationship which is forbidden by the group if not marry and so they have to keep their love a secret which will become a huge problem later where he's staying in the hallways outside of each room are lined with glass jars with blood inside obviously sacrifices for the island goddess they were really literal about devoting every drop of blood for her he pours some from someone else's into his own jar and when going to open the door cuts himself on the key and the Blood starts movie being drawn into the cracks of the woods seeing a frightening wild-eyed woman appear hungrily gasping for the blood as it comes towards her the next morning Thomas wakes up seeing that he has several scars on his back most notably what appears to be a branding of a cross which we learned the story behind later the boy Jeremy shows up telling him it's time to work and asked why he was out last night turning the same question on him they agree to keep each other's respective nighttime activities a secret Jeremy asking for help with some scavenging of a boat on the beach here Thomas confronts him about his sister showing him a picture and Jeremy tries to leave in a hurry and tell Thomas pins him to the ground and he finally admits to knowing her he fills him in that she was on a boat of there's a month ago his father Frank's saying they had no choice but to take her as their crops are failing and knowing Jennifer's father was rich they decided to kidnap her in order to get money to help the failing Island beyond the crops they are unable to any new livestock as any born our mangled and unable to survive looks like something is crippling their so-called paradise into an unlivable hostile environment turns out they've got even more problems learning that someone was out after hours and gathering all of the new villagers to the church where Malcolm sniffs out who doesn't belong by reciting a verse from their scripture going down the line to each man and getting them to continue the words Thomas gets worried as it gets closer to his turn but when they come to the man next to him he also doesn't know the scripture silent for a moment before revealing a blade for a king and country he yells Thomas holds him back getting slashed across the chest the guards attack him all at once impaling him from every direction with Spears and later checking the markings on his blade learn he was an assassin sent by the king it seems people on the mainland don't approve of the group quit and the others becoming increasingly concerned about the possibility of them sending ships to destroy them for good attacking the man works out for Thomas though making him look good to Malcolm assuring him his act of bravery won't go unrewarded even though his identity is still a secret to them Malcolm ups the game to flush him out retrieving his sister bringing her to the streets threatening him to make good on the ransom or they'll both be taken to the heathen stand we don't know what that is yet but I don't wipe this out of it Thomas is freaking out over what to do going for his bottle of drugs furiously tossing it and falling to the ground clutching his head but elects to not go outside she isn't killed at least but has chained up and the local kids are messing with her poking her with sticks and stuff which is pretty terrible we then start to see an undercurrent of discontent is brewing within Quin with how Malcolm is running things complaining they don't have the resources for a big festival he wants to throw but Malcolm reveals the real reason for the celebration allowing them to search every room in the village to find the money then deal with the both of them we also see here Andrea isn't as cold-hearted as the others bringing Jennifer some food Quinn goes to stop her but Malcolm holds him back showing he has some compassion which to Quinn is his weakness that night Thomas has some plans of his own for during the celebration wanting to find out where that door in the floor of Malcolm's leads to getting Jeremy to help him chisel his way into the bricks under the house meanwhile Quinn and Malcolm search Thomas's room and finding a map sticking out from his desk know that he's the one they're looking for on the map Malcolm's house sending Frank in a hurry over there just as Thomas gets inside and Jeremy replaces the last brick his father catches him under there and not wanting harm to come to his son sends him off before the other two arrive finding himself in tunnels underground Thomas continues onward passing it over what looks like a moat of sorts which in fact looks to be filled with blood and gory bits a lovely Blood River approaching the ladder up Malcolm waist with a gun for him on the other side but hearing his horse neigh clues Thomas in instead heading back the way he came noticing that Frank is behind him where else to go but the river climbing in and disappearing as Frank rounds the quarter Thomas crawls through the river and the same elderly woman from under the floorboards emerges from the water shrieking and coming for him sending him off in a hurry making it out to the other side into another cave grabbing a bone for protection and looking back and shocked to the river like what the hell was that he flicks a lighter searching the cave walls seeing crude drawings of a white skinned woman appearing to be worshipped along with the word Exodus in the barn that Thomas was initially heading to Malcolm is inside the room overgrown in gnarled dead branches the same woman seen there who here looks weaker and even more aged than her version seen outside implying that there are two different versions of the goddess since it looks like this one can't even really go anywhere entangled within the many branches Malcolm is surprised and disappointed that she showed herself to Thomas asserting that he won't worship you as I and cuts his hand the woman reaching hungrily for the blood but Malcolm pauses demanding that he will feed her only if she stops poisoning their crops we see how the blood and the speeding is connected as she drinks from Malcolm's blood the previously dead wood starts to return to a green and lively State clearly the villagers are giving up their own blood to feed to the goddess in an attempt to keep their island flourishing but their offerings are not enough to make a substantial difference anymore and she's already being brought in more food from a weird wicker mask creature assistant called the grinder dragging Jennifer's wrapped up body and hearing her muffled screams coming from inside the bag well we she's alive the next morning Thomas awakens discovered by Andrea and here he reveals the source of his scars as well as what led to his path to becoming a drug drifter he says like her he once knelt before didi and was a man of God who faithfully led his parish into the heart of pay King to bring them the word and love of God but they in turn showed him the devil seeing a field on fire Henry is pulled by two men each of his arms bound by ropes passing by them murdering the members of his parish they pulled him to his knees and steadfast in his faith Thomas tries to pray to God to help them then they keep pulling his hands apart as another he gets a hot cross using it to brand Thomas's back and as a result of this situation he lost his faith and belief in the divine now associating God only with pain and suffering while Andrea tries to argue that he is about forgiveness in town feel and reveals to Jeremy that she is pregnant Jeremy telling her Frank wants him to go to the mainland and stay there wanting her to join him as his wife saying he has something to give her he runs off seen by Quinn who kicks the door open grabbing his daughter violently with Quinn not wanting to believe that Jeremy has fathered a child with her and it would be worrisome if everything can't grow correctly including livestock that means that also maybe her baby would be born all messed up as well Quinn telling her she has no idea of the monstrosity that grows inside of her to be born in twisted lumps no mother could call her own and he won't stand for it any longer pulling a knife out and going for her he does indeed murder his own daughter as we see found by Jeremy when he returns Quinn blaming her death on him and saying he had no choice Jeremy rushes at him with a razor giving us a nice taste of Evans penchant for brutal action Jeremy gets Quinn in the neck falling outside in the streets calling out for help from the others lying saying Jeremy killed his girl he tries to disagree but it's too late guards chase after him and Quinn commands for them to prepare that he didn't stand one tries to tell him only Malcolm can make such orders but since he's not here Quinn has asserted control away from him just as he's been wanting to do hearing the alarm in the distance Jeremy running for dear life from the guards makes it to them telling them of his innocence but is caught and taken back to be purified the ritual is ready including some guys with extremely tall black hoods those are seriously tall and giving us our first glimpse of the wondrous heathen stance Jeremy's head is put into a vise cranking it tight on his skull causing blood to pour into his vision Quinton proceeds to shave off the top of his hair preparing it for the Saoirse of a big drill no he starts cranking the drill digging into his skull hearing bone crunching and pain yowls from Jeremy before his movement sees for good Quinn is handed a small object the symbol of purity placing it into the cavernous hole he drilled into the boy's head cool so he's purified now seems a bit extreme if you ask me Malcolm and Frank show up horrified to see what's happened but Quinn has already turned the town on them declaring Malcolm to be a false prophet Quinn wants Malcolm to prove himself by killing Thomas believing him to be here to destroy their way of life taking a razor he gives to his throat and appears about to kill Thomas but gets distracted when a gunshot rings out from Frank saying it has to stop she has to die Thomas makes quick work of the guards turning the poles on them in some very sweet moves for sure Frank runs through the forest Thomas not far behind seeing the other version of the goddess walking through the woods he makes it to the barn stepping out moments later with a bullet hole in his gut telling Thomas to burn it all down before getting shot again the grinders stepping out wielding a firearm seeing this Thomas instead decides to enter underneath via the floorboards as Malcolm and Quinn find frank dead it's over Malcolm says but there's no turning back for Quinn shooting him in the shoulder sending him crashing into the tunnels leaving him to die inside Thomas watches where it's apparently feeding time for the goddess the grinder placing a funnel over her mouth and filling it with bits of gore he looks over seeing three hanging bodies there now one is Jennifer's still alive amazingly and gets her freak she's surprised to even see that her brother is alive Thomas responding that he's only dead to their father the grinder clocks him from behind with a hammer blood pouring from the wound knocking him unconscious and guards taking Jennifer away well that whole rescue thing sure went south quickly he comes to on the ground hooks attach the chains dug into his limbs the grinder cranks some machinery pulling the chains and Thomas up onto a table which houses the terrible device that gives the creature his name an actual grinder to mash bodies up into tiny bits for feeding getting dragged into it his hand gets caught in completely shredding several of his fingers in a very painful moment he manages to get up a jam one of the chains into the grinder pulling him up onto the table Thomas kicks await that Yanks on the chain killing the grinder he and approaches the goddess telling Thomas in a strange language how long she has been waiting for him getting to his knees she places her fingers on the sides of his head growth stemming out into it causing him to convulse and his eyes turn white and odd looking resembling that of the goddesses while in town Andrea and Jennifer have been taken prisoner by Quinn who airs his grievances over having to watch these people worship Malcolm all these years and that he's the one that deserves the praise for imprisoning the goddess and discovering what she could do for them in the first place flashing back to when they first arrived on the island and encountered her we actually see how wrong they have gotten things from the very beginning Quincy's the same cave paintings on the wall but the problem is they misunderstood the message of these drawings they are clearly worshipping the goddess and that is what they were supposed to do rather than feeding her blood as we then see them killing a rabbit and forcing her to drink its blood what they're doing is a perversion of what the rituals are and doing them in a violent way and this is what is causing their land to die and eventually becoming that our thirst is unquenchable in size as this isn't how they were supposed to worship her instead as Quinn says using her more as a machine than a goddess thomas falls into the goddesses arms a strange expression of giddiness on his face before sobbing and she tells him to set her free he grabs a lantern tossing it on the dead growth which quickly catches on fire spreading from this point through the entire island including the village as all of the life here comes from her and it appears her other self that wanders the woods has Linda Thomas a hand him passing by a group of guards all impaled up in the trees back with the girls Quinn is convinced that he can save the village and he's got a horrific plan of how to make it happen impregnating the girls over and over and feeding the babies to the goddess that's pretty effed up man huh about to leave Thomas surprises him with a knife staff leading to an incredibly intense showdown as the two fight on the floor Jennifer gets his gun but can't get a clean shot and Andrea instead shoots their chains flowing themselves free from the wall Quinn pulls out a knife stabbing Thomas over and over in the side and the girls wrapped their chains around his neck strangling them as they pull him along the floor and as they pull Thomas hangs onto the knife in his body disembowelling him in the process my goodness the entire town abandoning the island the trio making their way to the final boat as Thomas starts to severely lose blood from his wounds having an emotional final goodbye with his sister before sending them off and though we saw the barn going up in flames we don't know for sure that the God has perished oh she did Thomas watches the boat sail away as Malcolm joins him a drop of his blood falls to the earth causing a little plant to grow in the ground the to smile to each other as Thomas collapses roots enter into his face his eyes strange and white again in the end Thomas was chosen by the goddess knowing deep down in him to be a good faithful man and transferred her abilities to him now he is connected to eras Dan and his blood can make the island grow as she did before essentially he has become the new guardian of the island and perhaps with a newly humbled Malcolm they can work together to rebuild the island in a way that doesn't involve violence this also speaks to the cyclical nature of so many things in the world in particular nature the goddess is obviously a stand-in for Mother Nature of a sort and seeing this rebirth fits in with that also Malcolm and his groups weren't the first to come here and similarly the goddess will never truly be gone only passed on to another in an eternal cycle indicating the possibility that there will be more people coming to the island at some point in the future at least Thomas was able to regain his faith which you know makes sense since he's a God okay folks that will wrap it up for this inning explain on apostle well certainly owes a lot of its foundation to the wicker man it manages to take things into its own unique direction and for me Evans continues to impress and it's cool to see his style evolving as a filmmaker and don't forget you can send me video requests for movies or TV shows you'd like to see me explain by sending them my way on any of my social media 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Length: 17min 14sec (1034 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 20 2018