Dalia Hernandez, Gerardo Taracena, Mauricio Amuy Tenorio
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, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007
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September 30, 2009Fantastic film! I really was not expecting to be as blow away as I am. I'm sure it?s not historically accurate and the subtitles are questionable at times but in the end, this is a very impressive epic, beautifully shot and very well acted. There was not a moment that I was not e...( read more)
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April 5, 2009The best film I have seen in years, truely 100% awesome film making. Mr Gibson may have caused trouble in the past with his beliefs but bugger me a can make a film. This is perfect in every way. It looks out of this world, perfect, realistic down to the last detail. The sound is ...( read more)
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February 6, 2009Proof once more Mel Gibson as out lived his role as an actor and really should turn his head to directing more movies like this....even though not a word is in english you simply cant take your eyes off how much attention to detail thats in this movie, one of the best movies I di...( read more)
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November 7, 2009I didn't know what to expect when I rented this movie. It was beyond tear jerking, thrilling, and was even funny in places. If you like something that gives you a bit of history too then you would like this movie. It is subtitled, but don't let that stop you from watching it. All...( read more)
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November 5, 2009Gut-wrenching and thought-provoking. Though I could barely make it through the horrific pillaging scene, the storytelling was masterful. The best film I've seen in a long time.
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November 4, 2009I love it. I love Rudy Youngblood.He's awesome.Nobody else could give justice to the role of Jaguar Paw but Mr. Youngblood.
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November 3, 2009A worthy watch. Once Apocalypto is up and running (and there sure is a lot of running) it doesn't let up until the final whistle. Jaguar Paw is a nice change from the text-book heroes of mainstream films. I'd like Mad Mel to direct more films.
Critic Reviews
December 13, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim
December 11, 2006
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
[Gibson] has learned how to tell a tale, and to raise a pulse in the telling. You have to admire that basic gift, uncommon as it is in Hollywood these days, though equally you have to ask what obsessi... full review
December 8, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
By now, it's fair to say that Mel Gibson does not make boring movies. He does, however, make movies that make you a little worried about him. full review
December 8, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
It is Mel Gibson's latest proof that as a director, his ambition is boundless and his energy nearly so, but his judgment is sorely lacking. full review
December 8, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
"Apocalypto" isn't a movie for everyone, Lord knows. Those who dislike even the thought of a big, black jungle cat chewing the face off a fallen warrior should probably see another movie. full review
December 7, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Perhaps Gibson is trying to shock us into absorbing the torment and severity of man's inhumanity to man. The tragedy is that the film has the opposite effect: As we are bombarded by savagery, we becom... full review
December 7, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Mel Gibson's Apocalypto is, above all, a muscular and kinetic action movie, a drama of rescue and revenge with very little organic relation to its historical setting.
December 7, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
There's a savage magnificence to Apocalypto, with visuals worthy of Fellini or David Lynch, and the kind of relentless excitement that only a few filmmakers can deliver. full review
November 23, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Gibson has made a film of blunt provocation and bruising beauty. full review
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June 4, 2009I really liked ts great movie
it was very interesting one
everyone in this movie was just running and running
but it was pretty gd
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July 28, 2007jus saw dis movie. it was fucken tiiiiiiiiight. it was f'in emoional too. jerk some of my tears. FA REAL........GANGSTA GANGSTA BIAATCH....know dat..;>
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July 24, 2007The review given by 00AYA00 is one of the most insipid reviews i've ever read! Ill give her the benefit of the doubt however and chalk it up to teenage stupidity. It was the white man who destroyed the great civilizations of the americas and if you ever decide to open up a history book, you'll find that european history was just as brutal as any other civilization. The europeans killed for far more ridiculous reasons than the native americans EVER did! Stay in school dingleberry and learn some grammar! (dummy!)
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