A.P.E.X.

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A.P.E.X
A.p.e.x. poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Phillip J. Roth
Written by Phillip J. Roth
Ron Schmidt
Produced byJeffery Beach
Gary Jude Burkart
Talaat Captan
Gary LoConti
StarringRichard Keats
Mitchell Cox
Lisa Ann Russell
Marcus Aurelius
CinematographyMark W. Gray
Edited byDaniel Lawrence
Music byJim Goodwin
Distributed byGreen Communications
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$49,601 (US/Canada) [1]

A.P.E.X is a 1994 science fiction action film directed by Phillip J. Roth and starring Richard Keats, Mitchell Cox, Lisa Ann Russell, and Marcus Aurelius. The plot concerns a group of scientists who explore the past using robotic probes known as the A.P.E.X or "Advanced Prototype Exploration units".

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Plot

In 2073, Nicholas Sinclair is a scientist on a time travel project. An accident introduces in 1973 a deadly virus that activates the project's automatic countermeasures. Attack robots are sent to the past in an effort to eliminate the virus carriers. They fail, and Sinclair returns to 2073 to find the Earth in ruins, ravaged by both the virus and a constant stream of attack robots. Sinclair returns to the project lab that is now in ruins and uses the time travel equipment there to prevent the original cause of the accident.

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Accolades

A.P.E.X was nominated for Best Film in the International Fantasy Film Award, at the 1994 Fantasporto international film festival in Porto, Portugal. [2]

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References

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