Ruuz
I don't know if there is a better example of dedication in filmmaking out there than there is in Apocalypto. Brilliant, if overrated.
Final rating: - I personally recommend you give it a go.
Apocalypto
- Action
- Drama
- History
12/7/2006
139
R
No one can outrun their destiny.
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.
- Director:
- Writers:
- Revenue:
- $120,654,337
- Budget:
- $40,000,000
Videos
Cast
- Rudy YoungbloodJaguar Paw
- Raoul Max TrujilloZero Wolf
- Gerardo TaracenaMiddle Eye
- Iazua LariosSky Flower
- Antonio MonroyChilam
- María Isabel Díaz LagoMother in Law
- Dalia HernándezSeven
- Jonathan BrewerBlunted
- Morris BirdyellowheadFlint Sky
- Carlos Emilio BáezTurtles Run
- Amilcar RamírezCurl Nose
- Israel ContrerasSmoke Frog
- Israel RíosCocoa Leaf
- Espiridion Acosta CacheOld Story Teller
- Mayra SérbuloYoung Woman
- Rodolfo PalaciosSnake Ink
Reviews
GenerationofSwine
Let's be honest, almost all of the 1 star reviews are because of how the Mayan's are depicted and stem from a lack of historical knoweldge.
There seems to be the misconception that the Mayans were peaceful and didn't sacrifice humans... which reminds me of when my wife and I went to visit her family in Guatemala where the high point was really watching the American tourists swim in pools of water that probably had the bodies of thousands of sacrificial victims at the bottom... mostly 14 year-old boys.
Yeah, no way I would get in that water, but then I know what's beneath it.
Apocaypto is kind of about that... but it doesn't really convey the fact that, like the rest of Central and South America the sacrifice was to prevent the end ...