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March 3, 2017

100 months ago

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The movie Apprentice is already released on Cinema in the USA. The upcoming Blu-ray release date in the USA is to be announced, upcoming DVD release date in the USA is to be announced and the upcoming VOD release date in the USA is to be announced.


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Apprentice

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Aiman is a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer who is recently t...
Aiman is a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer who is recently transferred to the territory's top prison. He lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modest housing estate. At his new workplace, Aiman begins to take an interest in a 65-year-old sergeant named Rahim. Soon, it is revealed that the charismatic Rahim is actually the long-serving chief executioner of the prison. Rahim also tak...
Aiman is a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer who is recently transferred to the territory's top prison. He lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modest housing estate. At his new workplace, Aiman begins to take an interest in a 65-year-old sergeant named Rahim. Soon, it is revealed that the charismatic Rahim is actually the long-serving chief executioner of the prison. Rahim also takes notice of the principled and diligent Aiman. When Rahim's assistant suddenly quits, he asks Aiman to become his apprentice. Aiman tells Suhaila of his new job position, but Suhaila becomes upset, as their father was actually executed by Rahim. Aiman knew this all along. Can Aiman overcome his conscience and a haunted past to possibly take over as the next chief executioner?
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What the critics say

Based on 6 reviews, Apprentice gets an average review score of 76

90/100
hollywoodreporter.com
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The second feature from Singaporean director Boo Junfeng ('Sandcastle') stars Malaysian veteran actor Wan Hanafi Su and impressive newcomer Fir Rahman.

2974d ago

3.5/4
slantmagazine.com
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Boo Junfeng casually reinvigorates the prison drama, boiling its elements down to their primal essence.

2974d ago

80/100
nytimes.com
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At first Apprentice seems to be a basic revenge film in which Aiman stalks the man who killed his father. But it becomes psychologically more complex.

2974d ago

80/100
villagevoice.com
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The past is a noose around the neck of both death row inmates and those who pull the hangman's lever in Apprentice, Boo Junfeng's mysterious and nuanced prison drama.

2974d ago

60/100
variety.com
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A country's complicated relationship with capital punishment is dramatized via a young prison employee in line to become an executioner.

2974d ago

C-/A+
thefilmstage.com
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While it seems writer-director Boo Junfeng wants some kind of moral high ground in avoiding onscreen violence (thus it resisting any real climax of any kind), an actual sense of conflict seems almost completely absent even within such a confined setting.

2974d ago

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