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Apocalypto

- 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.

Release Date : 2006-12-07

Language :

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Icon Entertainment InternationalIcon ProductionsTouchstone Pictures

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Mel Gibson's Apocalypto

Cast

Character Name : Jaguar Paw

Original Name : Rudy Youngblood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zero Wolf

Original Name : Raoul Max Trujillo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Middle Eye

Original Name : Gerardo Taracena

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sky Flower

Original Name : Iazua Larios

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chilam

Original Name : Antonio Monroy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother in Law

Original Name : María Isabel Díaz Lago

Gender : Female

Character Name : Seven

Original Name : Dalia Hernández

Gender : Female

Character Name : Blunted

Original Name : Jonathan Brewer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flint Sky

Original Name : Morris Birdyellowhead

Gender : Male

Character Name : Turtles Run

Original Name : Carlos Emilio Báez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Curl Nose

Original Name : Amilcar Ramírez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Smoke Frog

Original Name : Israel Contreras

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cocoa Leaf

Original Name : Israel Ríos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Story Teller

Original Name : Espiridion Acosta Cache

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Woman

Original Name : Mayra Sérbulo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Snake Ink

Original Name : Rodolfo Palacios

Gender : Male

Character Name : Village Girl

Original Name : Lorena Heranandez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wife

Original Name : Itandehui Gutierrez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eldest Daughter

Original Name : Sayuri Gutierrez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fish Hunter

Original Name : Hiram Soto

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Temple Sacrifice

Original Name : José Suárez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hanging Moss

Original Name : Ariel Galván

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunkards Four

Original Name : Bernardo Ruiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cut Rock

Original Name : Ricardo Diaz Mendoza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ten Peccary

Original Name : Richard Can

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monkey Jaw

Original Name : Carlos Ramos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Buzzard Hook

Original Name : Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Speaking Wind

Original Name : Marco Antonio Argueta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vicious Holcane

Original Name : Javier Escobar

Gender : Male

Character Name : High Priest

Original Name : Fernando Hernández

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oracle Girl

Original Name : Maria Isidra Hoil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oracle Girl

Original Name : Aquetzali García

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laughing Man

Original Name : Abel Woolrich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man on Temple Top

Original Name : Nicolás Jasso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Slave Auctioneer

Original Name : Ronaldo Eknal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman Auctioneer

Original Name : Miriam Tun

Gender : Male

Character Name : King

Original Name : Rafael Velez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Queen

Original Name : Diana Botello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Head Chac

Original Name : Joaquin Rendon

Gender : Male

Reviews

Gimly

@Ruuz

2021-06-23

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._

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-11

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 of the world... and this kind of makes it about drought (which hit about the time they made contact with the west) And it really doesn't convey the culture very well... but it does seem to zero in on the point that it wasn't their own people they were sacrificing, it was the people removed from the cities, the people that fell under the Mayan Empire, but weren't exactly a part of it... ... which is what the Aztecs did too. But, who cares, in the end it's a brutal fight for survival, and it's an entertaining one.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-01-27

Tapir's testicle, anyone? They're not quite the delicacy the playful warriors claim as they tease one of their pals, but it's illustrative of the nature of the relationship between these young Mayan tribesmen who, thus far, have found their greatest fear emanating from a menacing mother-in-law who is demanding that she gets grandchildren. That all changes when a more dominant war party arrive looking for sacrifices. The shrewd "Jaguar Paw" (Rudy Youngblood) manages to hide his expectant wife and their child in a deep pit, but he is himself taken prisoner by "Zero Wolf" (Raoul Max Trujillo) and removed to the capital - after witnessing his father's slaughter at the hands of "Middle Eye" (Gerarardo Taracena). Once there, in this sight of an almost complete pyramid, they are to be offered to their great god Kulkulkan. It's as if by a divine intervention that this young man is spared, but that mercy is short lived as he merely now becomes the plaything of the warriors. They have one chance of escape, but that only earns him the furious enmity of the powerful 'Zero Wolf" and soon one hell of a cat and mouse game ensues. The photography really does capture the density of the Mexican forests and the Mel Gibson's direction the gruesome and gruelling lives of the young men who lived and died at the behest of the priests. What we are also exposed to is a civilisation teetering on the edge. Disease is rife - hardly surprising when we see the sheer volume of corpses lying around, and amidst all this desperation some of the dialogue is rousing, powerful and sometime quite relaxed too. Many of the actors are genuine tribesmen and some deliver some more than incidental parts quite well, but it's Youngblood, Trujillo and perhaps best of all - Taracena, who make this a grudge match well worth watching. It's sumptuous, this film. Gritty, bloody, violent - but sumptuous. Well worth a watch, and a big screen does great justice to the super cinematography.