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Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (Widescreen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936705089
Format: Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Languages: Multilingual (Original Language), Multilingual (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
MPN: 05064600
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 22, 2007
Running Time: 138 minutes
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Theatrical Release Date: December 08, 2006
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Editorial Review:
All Movie Guide - 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 BuchananFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 786936705089 Manufacturer No: 05064600
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. --Robert Horton
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Rating:  - Have viewed six times
Best movie with an actual story that I have enjoyed in many years. It is a bit violent, but the story is built around the violence of one group of people towards another. Having to read subtitles was no problem as I was so into the story and what was going on I hardly knew I was reading the lines. The actors were so good you knew what was going on even when there was no script. Yes a great movie......
Rating: - Good stuff.
Apocalypto (Mel Gibson, 2006)
So many reviews of this film I've read, both amateur and professional, dwell on the violence. I don't know what other movies these folks are watching. The Passion of the Christ, for one obvious comparison that's just as mainstream, was far, far more violent than this was. There are movies less than half this long that are far more violent. I think the bottom line as far as this goes is that if you have a weak stomach, you might want to avoid Apocalypto, ... Read More
Rating:  - almost nailed it but....
Since when did the Mayans use words like, "balls", "oaf", "girth" and "fellas"? If you can get past those minor slips that occasionally happen when a filmmaker chooses to capture a bit of history, but sneaks in or unknowingly ads words that I highly doubt existed back then, but then again what do I know, however it did distract me and make me cringe because I wasn't sure what I was about to watch. Entertaining action film though if you can get over the things I didn't. There are some great historical ... Read More
Rating: - My all-time favorite movie!
I love this movie! I love that it's done in the authentic language, it tells a powerful story, it is quite the thriller, and it has a great ending! I would recommend this movie to anyone!
Rating: - good movie but...
I could have enjoyed this movie a lot more if the sound effects were shut out. An interesting and original topic which was filmed quite brilliantly but oh the sound track. Why or why if you wanted authenticity Mr Gibson did you not let the sound of the jungle and the village raids, etc. stand on their own? Are we viewers so dumb we need drums and other 'musical' sounds to understand the obvious? Just a point of clarity here - I thought that the sound of flutes were associated with the Incas just a few miles ... Read More
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