Some streaming hits take over the charts and then quietly move on. Others apparently start dragging 11-year-old electronic songs back into the conversation, because that’s where we are now. A Netflix thriller has already climbed to No. 1 on the platform’s Top 10, but its success has now spilled into music in a very unexpected way. One of the film’s standout needle drops has become a fresh obsession for viewers, which is honestly a pretty ideal side quest when your movie is already working.
Apex features The Chemical Brothers’ 2015 track “Go” during one of its most memorable scenes. The song plays when the demented villain, Ben, begins hunting our heroine Sasha, giving her a head start and telling her she has until the end of the track before he starts pursuing her. Casual behavior, obviously. The result is a scene that clearly stuck with viewers, because “Go” has now hit No. 1 on Shazam’s Global Top 200 and debuted at No. 5 on Billboard’s Dance Digital Songs chart.
The cast includes Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road, Monster) as Sasha, Taron Egerton (Rocketman, Kingsman: The Secret Service) as Ben, Eric Bana (Munich, Troy) as Tommy, Matt Whelan (Narcos, The Luminaries) as one of the hunters, Bessie Holland (The Tourist, Spreadsheet) as a cashier, Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road, Jack Irish) as a park ranger, Rob Carlton (Chandon Pictures, Paper Giants) as a second hunter, and Caitlin Stasey (Smile, Neighbours) as Leah. Netflix’s official listing describes the film as following a grieving woman whose solo adventure in the Australian wild turns into a twisted game with a killer who believes she is prey. That’s putting it mildly.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Is ‘Apex’ Worth Watching?
Collider’s review stated that Apex doesn’t exactly reinvent the survival-thriller formula, but it still makes for a tense, good-looking ride thanks to Theron and some seriously immersive action. In the end, Apex is a slick, exciting survival thriller that may be familiar, but is still absolutely worth the watch.
For Theron’s part, she was drawn in to the pure, feral nature of the story. “This movie really fired up my brain,” Theron told Netflix. “When I read the script, I couldn’t put it down and it stayed with me. It felt very pure but with great impact. The bite and the kick were so strong in what it was trying to accomplish without bells and whistles, and I loved that.”
