From Mel Gibson, director of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and the Academy Award®-winning BRAVEHEART (Best Director, Best Picture, 1995) comes the thrilling historical epic APOCALYPTO. This intense, nonstop action-adventure transports you to an ancient South American civilization, for an experience unlike anything you’ve ever known. In the twilight of the mysterious Mayan culture, young Jaguar Paw is captured and taken to the great Mayan city where he faces a harrowing end. Driven by the power of his love for his wife and son, he makes an adrenaline-soaked, heart-racing escape to rescue them and ultimately save his way of life. Filled with unrelenting action and stunning cinematography, APOCALYPTO is an enthralling and unforgettable film experience.'

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::AMAZON REVIEWS::

Exhausting
Excellent adrenaline ride. Poignant look at Mayan life in the jungle. A sad look at how people treated eat other.

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An absolutely stunning experience
This is what blu-ray presentation was made for. An absolutely stunning film that uses the technology to the full. Every rustle of the grass, every whisker of the jaguar's face, was picked out with astonishing clarity. I almost felt I had to wipe the humidity of the jungle off my brow as I watched it. The story is a straightforward tale of a community ripped apart by violent outsiders and the struggle for one of its inhabitants to flee from his captors and return to his doomed family. But it is in such simplicity that the story is made. The villains are bad beyond redemption and you long for their deaths, you root for the hero from the moment he is taken, and you prey for a happy ending to his plight - may his family be saved. Gibson knows exactly what he is doing and the viewer actually cares about what they are watching. Before viewing the movie, I was troubled about the level of violence contained in the film and, whilst there is undoubtedly some gore - ripping out a beating heart is never going to be pretty - I found nothing that wasn't essential to the plot or added to the menacing atmosphere of the period depicted. Don't let the lurid tales put you off. As an archaeologist, I was also drawn into the debate about authenticity but such thoughts were quickly banished by the pulsating intensity and sheer brilliance of the film. Similarly, the subtitles are forgotten and the foreign language even adds to the feeling that what you are witnessing is real; this actually happened. Apocalypto is stunning - an experience rather than a movie.

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Great movie!
Mel Gibson tells a good story in a great way. Beautiful settings, great performances. A travel back in time.

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Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (Widescreen Edition)
A Mayan forest village lives happily and harmoniously, except the mean teasing of Blunted's inability to sire. When terrified refugees pass, the chief forbids the hunting party to 'spead fear', but the real cause soon follows. Their own community is pillaged, the survivors cruelly enslaved and dragged away. The chief's proud son Jaguar Paw manages to hide his pregnant wife and toddler son, but in an unsafe place. The men are destined for bloody sacrifice to the gods in the raider kingdom's pestilence-stricken capital. An 'auspicious' solar eclipse renders their number superfluous, but the raiders' captain orders them killed as target practice. Jaguar Paw survives, killing the captain's son, and may now incarnate an apocalyptic prophecy or still perish without saving his family, while another danger looms unseen. Apocalypto delivers a rush that does not let up. Brilliant images unlike any showcased in a movie, flash across the screen with dizzying speed. This movie features scene after scene that hits the perfect note, which is always a high-pitched one filled with tension. Apocalypto is the perfect action movie, punctuating its frenzy of activity with beautiful and surprising images. I'm overwhelmed by the experience.

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Apocolypto
People see the name Mel Gibson and automatically think negative. Place that aside and watch the movie. Acting is 5 stars (even the 2 year old with his mother. His reaction in scenes is priceless), storyline is 5 stars, plot is 5 stars, cinematography is 7 stars, end of movie is totally unpredicted and perfect - 10 stars. Don't be scared because of the use of subtitles. This movie uses subtitles sparingly and they don't flash on the screen then disappear before you can read them, like European/Asian movies. Once the movie gets started you can follow the action without the subtitles if you elect. This movie should be elevated to the all-time heirarchy with greats like Ben Hur, Gone With The Wind, Star Wars, Avatar, the GodFather or Lawrence of Arabia. It is simply spectacular. Job well done. You know it is a fantastic movie when you can watch it again and again and again and again. Wow.

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