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Apocalypto

Actor(s): Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead, Carlos Emilio Baez
Director(s): Mel Gibson
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Gore
Movie Release: 2006
DVD Release: 05/22/2007
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Edition: Dual Layered
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hrs 18 mins
Studio: Touchstone / Disney
Members Wishing: 21
Genres: Action, Epic, Chase Movie, Historical Epic
See Also: Apocalypto [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

As the foundation of the Mayan civilization begins to crumble, one man's previously idyllic existence is forever changed when he is chosen as a sacrifice needed to appease the gods in director Mel Gibson's mythic, end-times adventure. The Mayan kingdom is at the absolute height of opulence and power, but leaders are convinced that unless more temples are constructed and more human sacrifices made, the crops, and ultimately the people, will suffer. Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) is a peaceful hunter from a remote forest tribe whose life is about to be changed forever. When Jaguar Paw's village is raided and he is prepared as a sacrifice that the Mayan deities have demanded, the brave young hunter is forced to navigate a horrific new world of fear and oppression. Fearlessly determined to escape his captors and save his family from a harrowing demise, Jaguar Paw prepares to risk it all in one final, desperate attempt to preserve his dying way of life. However, few who have seen the sacrificial alter of the Mayans have managed to live to see another day. Now, in order to rescue his pregnant wife and young son, Jaguar Paw will have to elude the most powerful warriors of the Mayan kingdom while using his vast knowledge of the forest to turn the tables on those who would rather see him dead than set free. Inspired by such ancient Mayan texts as the Popul Vuh, Apocalypto marks a comprehensive collaboration between director Gibson, Cambridge-educated screenwriter Farhad Safinia, and world-renowned archeologist and Mayan culture expert Dr. Richard D. Hansen -- whose services as a special consultant on the film lent the production an unprecedented degree of historical accuracy. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Actors

Rudy Youngblood - Jaguar Paw
Dalia Hernandez - Seven
Jonathan Brewer - Blunted
Morris Birdyellowhead - Flint Sky
Carlos Emilio Baez - Turtles Run

Member Movie Reviews

Amy Y. (aimster) from LOWELL, MI wrote on 1/5/2009...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Mel Gibson directed this movie of what it may have been like during the Mayan Civilization just before the first white man appeared on their shores. The story is very graphic, showing human sacrifices being made to the Mayan God who's thirst for blood is never ending.
A young hunter's gift of vision spares the lives of his pregnant wife and young child but he himself is captured and forced to make a journey along with the other captors of his village to be the next victims to the Mayan God.
It is an amazing story of vision, bravery and one man's harrowing effort to return to his wife and child. He must return to her but it seems impossible with the powerful Mayan Warriors closely behind him.
I found myself mesmerized by the events and vision of what it must have been like when the Mayan kingdom begins to crumble.

In spite of the very graphic scenes, I highly rate this movie!

Kimberly B. (TheBookHunter) from SALEM, OH wrote on 1/5/2009...

1 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.

This move was FANTASTIC! Best movie I have seen in a long time!

Tangerine M. (tangiemoff) from PAWCATUCK, CT wrote on 7/15/2008...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Action packed from beginning to end. Excellent movie from an excellent director.

Jeff V. (burielofmel) from HARRIMAN, TN wrote on 2/23/2008...

4 of 7 member(s) found this review helpful.

This was a good movie. Visually it look good and it was one of those rare movies that pulled me in. I felt the hopeless of waiting in line to be sacrificed. Good story, good visuals.