A.P.E.X. is a 1994 science fiction action film directed by Phillip J. Roth and starring Richard Keat, 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 a deadly virus to 1973, which 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 shambles and uses the time travel equipment there to prevent the original cause of the accident.
Cast
Richard Keats as Nicholas Sinclair
Mitchell Cox as Shepherd
Lisa Ann Russell as Natasha Sinclair
Marcus Aurelius as Taylor
Adam Lawson as Rasheed
David Jean Thomas as Dr. Elgin
Brian Richard Peck as Desert Rat
Anna B. Choi as Mishima
Kristin Norton as Johnson
Jay Irwin as Gunney
Robert Tossberg as 1973 Father
Kathleen Randazzo as 1973 Mother (as Kathy Lambert)
Kareem H. Captan as Joey
Merle Nicks as Old Man
Natasha Roth as Desert Child
Reception
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. The film was featured in Brazil on the Cine Trash program on Bandeirantes TV, and is also featured on the B-movie website Badmovies.org where it is determined to have 2 Slimes (not the worst rating; two better than the worst of the worst, but still acknowledged as a bad film).