Apocalypto is a 2006 American Adventure film directed and produced by Mel Gibson. The film features a cast of Maya and Native American actors consisting of Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Dalia Hernández, Ian Uriel, Gerardo Taracena, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, and Israel Contreras. The entire dialogue is in Yucatec Maya language in order to give a sense of authenticity.
In the Maya civilization, a peaceful tribe is brutally attacked by warriors seeking slaves and human beings for sacrifice for their gods. Jaguar Paw hides his pregnant wife and his son in a deep hole nearby their tribe and is captured while fighting with his people. An eclipse spares his life from the sacrifice and later he has to fight to survive and save his beloved family.
The film features many different themes such as combat, hunting, mass murder, warfare. These themes are shown throughout the film often shown from different points of view with different characters triggering the themes. The budget for this film was £25.8m and it made £78m in the box office. This film was a very long film and at first does not seem like much is going to happen but it soon gets exciting and rather intriguing, I was constantly tensely waiting to see how the protagonist was going to escape. I would recommend this film.
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