A.P.E.X. (1994)

A.P.E.X. (1994)

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Apex
APEX

Tagline(s):	Trapped in a future they didn't create. Fighting an enemy they cannot stop.
	Advanced Prototype EXploration unit
	Advanced Prototype EXtermination unit

Nomination Year: 2001

SYNOPSIS:

In the year 2071, scientists conduct historical research by sending heavily armed robots back in time. When one of the robots malfunctions, they solve the problem by sending even more robots back to destroy it. But something goes wrong (go figure) and the robots end up destroying nearly all life on Earth and changing history. Only Sinclair, the project's chief scientist, survives the transition with his memory of the real timeline intact. Now he has to find a way to restore the timeline and get his life back. If he can survive long enough.

Greg Pearson

Smithee Award Nominations

Crummiest Ending

"I Faced the Nicholas Sinclair from the Paradox World, and All I Got Was This Crummy Ending..."

We start with the hero giving a really tortured voice-over explanation of how the plot was resolved (bonus points for figuring out what the hell he’s talking about). Then the hero goes home, finds his wife mysteriously pregnant, and spouts some drivel about how you can never really go home again. Then an RV drives through desert and a kid asks "When are we stopping for dinner?" "When I stop for dinner," answers his father. "Well, when are you stopping for dinner?"

The End.

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Philip J. Roth	Often writer and producer -- very prolific writer and producer -- of Badness. Like Velocity Trap, A.P.E.X., Maximum Velocity, and more.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Richard Keats	Nicholas Sinclair	Dr. Lockhart on "Arrow." Judge Abbott on "Nancy Drew."
Mitchell Cox	Shepard	Ariel in Prototype. Major Jawd in Total Reality.
Lisa Ann Russell	Natasha Sinclair	Was part of the cast/crew of "The Jeff Probst Show."
Marcus Aurelius	Taylor	No, not the original holder of this name. The bit actor, like the hanging mailman in Addams Family Reunion, Pragmatic Policeman in Blade, and Hinkle in Black Thunder.
Adam Lawson	Rasheed	The English voice of Shusuke Fuji on "The Prince of Tennis."
David Jean Thomas	Dr. Elgin	African-American who plays lots of cops, doctors, and judges.


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