![]() |
||||||||
|
HOME PAGE Movie Videos Films by Year Films by Director Films by Actor Films by Actress Films by Alphabet Film Characters Film Franchises TOP 100 MOVIES in 2006! 2013 MOVIES 2012 MOVIES 2011 MOVIES 2010 MOVIES 2009 MOVIES 2008 MOVIES 2007 MOVIES 2006 MOVIES 2005 MOVIES 2004 MOVIES 2003 MOVIES 2002 MOVIES 2001 MOVIES 2000 MOVIES 1999 MOVIES 1998 MOVIES 1997 MOVIES 1996 MOVIES 1995 MOVIES 1994 MOVIES 1993 MOVIES 1992 MOVIES 1991 MOVIES 1990 MOVIES 1989 MOVIES 1988 MOVIES 1987 MOVIES 1986 MOVIES 1985 MOVIES 1984 MOVIES 1983 MOVIES 1982 MOVIES 1981 MOVIES 1980 MOVIES 1979 MOVIES 1978 MOVIES 1977 MOVIES 1976 MOVIES 1975 MOVIES 1974 MOVIES 1973 MOVIES 1972 MOVIES 1971 MOVIES 1970 MOVIES 1969 MOVIES 1968 MOVIES 1967 MOVIES 1966 MOVIES 1965 MOVIES 1964 MOVIES 1963 MOVIES 1962 MOVIES 1961 MOVIES 1960 MOVIES 1959 MOVIES 1958 MOVIES 1957 MOVIES 1956 MOVIES 1955 MOVIES 1954 MOVIES 1953 MOVIES 1952 MOVIES 1951 MOVIES 1950 MOVIES 1949 MOVIES 1948 MOVIES 1947 MOVIES 1946 MOVIES 1945 MOVIES 1944 MOVIES 1943 MOVIES 1942 MOVIES 1941 MOVIES 1940 MOVIES 1939 MOVIES 1938 MOVIES 1937 MOVIES 1936 MOVIES 1935 MOVIES 1934 MOVIES 1933 MOVIES 1932 MOVIES 1931 MOVIES 1930 MOVIES 1929 MOVIES 1928 MOVIES 1927 MOVIES 1926 MOVIES 1925 MOVIES 1924 MOVIES 1923 MOVIES 1922 MOVIES 1921 MOVIES 1920 MOVIES 1919 MOVIES 1918 MOVIES 1917 MOVIES 1916 MOVIES 1915 MOVIES 1914 MOVIES 1913 MOVIES 1912 MOVIES 1911 MOVIES 1910 MOVIES ![]() |
Starring: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hern·ndez, Jonathan Brewer, Carlos Emilio B·ez In the Mayan civilization some tribes rule with fear and believe in human sacrifices as others live in peace and doesn’t hunt anything other than animals. As the two sides clash the peaceful become enslaved and only Jaguar Paw can fight his oppressors. CLICK HERE and watch 2009 MOVIES FOR FREE! REVIEW: “I am Jaguar Paw. This is my forest. And I am not afraid.” Jaguar Paw, the son of one of the tribe leaders of a peaceful Mayan tribe, is about to become a father. He already has a son so fatherhood doesn’t scare him. But there are other scares out there in the jungle. The fear starts to spread as the hunters come across the survivors of another village that has been burned and enslaved by a warrior tribe. His father Flint Sky tries to steer Jaguar Paw away from fear, but the journey to fearlessness is neither short nor comfortable. Mel Gibson introduces the Mayan tribesman almost like frat boys. The jargon is insulting and the biggest tribesman consistently gets insulted for his lack of children. One of the funnier parts in the film is when the elder Flint Sky convinces the childless giant that rubbing a special kind of leaves on his genitals before sex would solve his problem. This of course ends up in public ridicule as he runs out of his hut bare-naked in search for water. The leaves turn out to be something similar to hot peppers and the entire tribe join in on the laughter. | |||||||
While trying to go for authenticity they actually cast people of Mayan background that never acted before. One of the most memorable is the little girl who is dying of the plague and the curse she spits out on the warrior tribesmen. The curse is actually fulfilled by Jaguar Paw as he sidesteps and disposes of the many dangers and warriors that oppose him.
The movie is rated R for violence and brief disturbing imagery. This is mainly due to the violence of the war tribe in their sacrifice and man hunt games, but a toughen moviegoer like myself didn’t find it to be that harsh. Somehow a man removing a heart from another man’s chest doesn’t raise as many eyebrows as it used to. After all they did that already during Indiana Jones’ time.
This is Gibson’s fourth directorial feature and even though none of its 3 academy award nominations resulted in a win it truly is an astounding film. And Gibson can lean back on his two statuettes from one of his previous feature Braveheart (1995). His two other movies are The Man without a Face (1993) and The Passion of the Christ (2004). Apocalypto might not be a Braveheart, but it also not as painful to watch as The Passion of the Christ. I think it is a solid 4 out of 5 and as a chase movie it ranks even higher.