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Mel Gibson's Apocalypto Movie Review

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Apocalypto - No One Can Outrun Their Destiny.

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw (Youngblood), a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

Apocalypto: Cast

* Rudy Youngblood - Jaguar Paw
* Dalia Hernández - Seven
* Jonathan Brewer - Blunted
* Morris Birdyellowhead - Flint Sky
* Carlos Emilio Báez - Turtles Run
* Amílcar Ramírez - Curl Nose
* Israel Contreras - Smoke Frog
* Israel Ríos - Cocoa Leaf
* María Isabel Díaz - Mother-in-Law
* Iazúa Laríos - Sky Flower
* Raoul Trujillo - Zero Wolf
* Gerardo Taracena - Middle Eye
* Rodolfo Palacios - Snake Ink
* Ariel Galván - Hanging Moss
* Bernardo Ruiz - Drunkards Four
* Ricardo Díaz Mendoza - Cut Rock
* Richard Can - Ten Peccary
* Carlos Ramos - Monkey Jaw
* Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza - Buzzard Hook
* Marco Antonio Argueta - Speaking Wind
* Aquetzali García - Oracle Girl
* María Isidra Hoil - Oracle Girl
* Abel Woolrich - Laughing man

Apocalypto Editorial Review

from Amazon.com


Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
(Widescreen Edition)

Forget any off-screen impressions you may have of Mel Gibson, and experience Apocalypto as the mad, bloody runaway train that it is.

The story is set in the pre-Columbian Maya population: one village is brutally overrun, its residents either slaughtered or abducted, by a ruling tribe that needs slaves and human sacrifices. We focus on the capable warrior Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), although Gibson skillfully sketches a whole population of characters--many of whom don't survive the early reels. Most of the film is set in the dense jungle, but the middle section, in a grand Mayan city, is a dazzling triumph of design, costuming, and sheer decadent terror.

The movie itself is a triumph of brutality, as Gibson lets loose his well-established fascination with bodily mortification in a litany of assaults including impalement, evisceration, snakebite, and bee stings. It's a dark, disgusted vision, but Gibson doesn't forget to apply some very canny moviemaking instincts to the violence--including the creation of a tremendous pair of villains (strikingly played by Raoul Trujillo and Rodolfo Palacias).

The film is in a Maya dialect, subtitled in English, and shot on digital video (which occasionally betrays itself in some blurry quick pans). Amidst all the mayhem, nothing in the film is more devastating than a final wordless exchange of looks between captured villager Blunted (Jonathan Brewer) and his wife's mother (Maria Isabel Diaz), a superb change in tone from their early relationship. Yes, this is an obsessive, crazed movie, but Gibson knows what he's doing.

by Robert Horton (Amazon.com)

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  • davidkwan May 29, 2011 @ 3:27 am | delete
    Seems to be a good film after all, gonna buy the DVD and watch it
  • CheekyMonkey Jun 9, 2009 @ 2:45 am | delete
    This is a fantastic movie, very terrifying and exciting. I recently saw it on a HD TV and it was amazing.
  • GrowWear Apr 29, 2009 @ 4:03 pm | delete
    It was as close as I want to get to that terrifying era. I was spellbound all the way through this film.
  • OhMe Apr 23, 2009 @ 8:49 pm | delete
    I haven't seen this movie but I love to watch Mel Gibson. Very informative lens.
  • Glenn Reed Nov 3, 2008 @ 9:52 am | delete
    Apocalypto brings to mind an earler movie with almost the same plot, I was amazed how some if not a great deal of this movie looks very familiar.
  • misty Oct 20, 2008 @ 7:59 pm | delete
    I've watched this movie 6 times and every time it took my breath. It's high qualified and super film. Impossible to see how people could be so cruel and stern. Mell Gibson I dare to say is a better director than an artist. But I love to watch his films such as Ransom and Patriot is one of my best ones. He made a history by directing this film.
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  • Johnny_Christ Jul 18, 2007 @ 5:54 am | delete
    Apocalypto is definitely better than Passion, and the civilization collapse thing makes you stop and wonder if we here in America are experiencing the same now.
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