Logo text [This story contains spoilers for Apex .] Silver linings during the pandemic were few and far between. But in the case of screenwriter Jeremy Robbins , receiving an involuntary breather from the breakneck pace of TV writers’ rooms provided him the runway to write a spec feature script called Apex . What also began as a way for the Washington D.C. native to not doomscroll social media all day is now Netflix’s newest chart-topper, starring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton . Set primarily in an Australian national park, the Baltasar “Balt” Kormákur-directed thriller chronicles a grieving adventurer named Sasha (Theron) as she explores the homeland terrain of her recently deceased partner, Tommy (Eric Bana). After the latter’s tragic accident during their climb of Norway’s Troll Wall, Sasha is focused more on kayaking than summiting, at least until she encounters a cannibalistic hunter named Ben (Egerton).…