Apocalypto

	U.S. 2006 Director: Mel Gibson Cast: Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Dalia Hernández, Jonathan Brewer, Iazua Larios, Morris Birdyellowhead, Espiridion Acosta Cache Rating: R Release Date: December 8th 2006 Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes The Movie Review		APOCALYPTO Storyline: Cast: Ending: Overall:
	After Braveheart, the Patriot, and We Were Soldiers, Mel Gibson did it again. Right from the start this movie has already captured the audience's attention. Apocalypto spends a good amount of time at the first few minutes to introduce us that the Mayan people of the humble village portrayed in it are civilized people who love their family and their home. Just so you know, the violence depicted in this movie is blatant and sometimes disturbing, in short, it's the real deal, so this movie might not be for the faint-hearted ones. -Start of Spoiler Possibility Alert- The serenity of a modest Mayan village where Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) and his family live will soon be devastatingly disturbed by a band of Mayan soldiers who ravage one village after another to capture its dwellers. The soldiers led by Zero Wolf (Raoul Trujillo) finally arrive at Jaguar's village and slaughter the villagers. Jaguar manages to hide his wife Seven and his son Turtles Run inside a Chultun (underground cavities), but eventually he's also captured and forced to hike through the forest to the place where all captives being held, either to be enslaved or sacrificed to the Mayan sun god Kukulkan. On their way they pass a small girl who is possessed and tells a prophecy of the end of the evil ones and a hero will rise among the captives. -End of Spoiler Possibility Alert- Apocalypto is an epic movie but the horror its contents can not be withstand by the so-so horror movies. In a meaning that we know what kind of violence will be inflicted upon some college students who are just looking for sex and debauchery in most horror flicks, they're violent indeed but Apocalypto has got a very serious, dark and sadistic tone all over. In a modern horror film, we are familiar with what the villain might do and what kind of pain they will inflict upon their victims, which subsequently would lower the shock level for audience and lessen the depression of watching it, but in Apocalypto we're watching the people from the past who have their own method of torture, and this might be withstand only by fellow moviegoes who are familiar with the 70s cannibal flicks. Apocalypto on the negative side could be the epic version of grade-b films filled with blood and gore, but on the contrary it doesn't try to hide what really happens. This movie is artistic, creepily artistic in presenting a civilization with distinctive culture, all the dancing, the dresses, the chanting, the people deliver fear and fascination in many facets in the same time! Unlike other epic movies where it dramatized the glory of its hero, Apocalypto presents the glory in a simple manner but highly effective. Our hero doesn't have superpower, actually he represents common people who sometimes have to face the biggest fear and overcome it with what little they have. The name of the game is determination. And that word seals the deal in Apocalypto. Apocalypto is absolutely one of the best movies of 2006, and one of my favorite epic movies ever. © iwan pranowo of Movielogy.com

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