Storyline
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.
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Raoul Max Trujillo, Rudy Youngblood, Gerardo Taracena, Iazua Larios, Antonio Monroy, María Isabel Díaz, Dalia Hernández, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead, Carlos Emilio Báez, Amilcar Ramírez, Israel Contreras, Israel Ríos, Espiridion Acosta Cache, Mayra Serbulo, Rodolfo Palacios, Lorena Heranandez, Itandehui Gutierrez, Sayuri Gutierrez, Hiram Soto, José Suárez, Ariel Galvan, Bernardo Ruiz, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, Richard Can, Carlos Ramos, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Marco Antonio Argueta, Javier Escobar, Fernando Hernandez, Maria Isidra Hoil, Aquetzali García, Abel Woolrich, Nicolás Jasso, Ronaldo Eknal, Miriam Tun, Rafael Velez, Diana Botello, Joaquin Rendon
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100
Variety
Mel Gibson is always good for a surprise, and his latest is that Apocalypto is a remarkable film. Set in the waning days of the Mayan civilization, the picture provides a trip to a place one's never been before, offering hitherto unseen sights of exceptional vividness and power.
100
L.A. Weekly
For those of us who prefer to judge Gibson solely in terms of his art, the movie is a virtuosic piece of action cinema -- particularly in its second half...And while there has been no shortage of recent films that decry the horrors of war and man's inhumanity to his fellow man, I know of none other quite this sickeningly powerful.
88
Rolling Stone
Gibson has made a film of blunt provocation and bruising beauty.
80
The guy knows how to make a heart-pounding movie; he just happens to be a cinematic sadist.
80
The film is mostly successful in transporting the viewer to another age: the costumes, the body markings, the fierce Mayan masks, all feel right. And keeping the dialogue in subtitles was a smart move. Even better are the faces, which never fail to fascinate. But for all the anthropological research that went into the movie, what is Apocalypto trying to say?
