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Watch: Apocalypto 2006 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	7.8/10 Votes: 314,110
	65% | RottenTomatoes
	68/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 4612 Popularity: 47.509 | TMDB

Reviews:

Hunter Gatherers, Hunted & Gathered…
The lives of a jungle dwelling tribe, ripped apart, shattered and scattered in a breathtaking cinematic masterpiece that parallels the paranoia and control perpetuated through society today.

Exceptionally tough to watch due to its violence, but also almost impossible to stop watching
The film, believe it or not, is shot entirely with subtitles–using what was purported to be a recreation of a Mayan-type tongue for the film to heighten its realism (though the exact language has been lost). Considering the film was set just before first contact with the Western world, this was a daring but intelligent choice.

The story involves a group of men who are captured and taken to the Mayan capital to be sacrificed. As crops have failed, there is drought and a plague has struck, the Maya are looking to appease their god, Kukulcan (like the Aztec Quetzelcoatl–a dragon capable of swallowing the Earth is he isn’t pleased). With scenes involving the sacrifices, the piles of what seem like thousands of bodies and the very violent deaths later in the film, this is definitely NOT a film for sensitive viewers or kids. In fact, I was surprised that this film received only an R-rating, as the violence and carnage was among the most graphic I have ever seen on film and it probably would have been best to rate it NC-17–it’s THAT intensely violent and disturbing. These portions of the film are akin to full-color Holocaust footage.

So if the film is SO violent and tough to watch, why did I actually enjoy it? Well, first, I am a history teacher and was amazed at the wonderful attempt to re-create the barbarity of the Mayans as well as the helplessness of the neighboring tribes. Unlike the happy, Earth-loving stereotype we’ve recently envisioned of the Native Americans, the Maya and Aztecs were truly brutal and blood-thirsty civilizations–responsible for massive ethnic cleansing of smaller tribes through human sacrifice and slavery. While the Conquistadors were awful and greedy (as well as over-idealized in films like CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE), it’s awfully tough to feel sorry for these two groups of natives and I am sure nearby tribes also were thrilled to see these cultures destroyed (despite all their pretty cities). It was nice to see the sacrifices ultimately stopped–though they were unfortunately replaced with Spanish genocide and slavery–I guess you can’t win ’em all.

Second, even though the film was brutal, the last half of the movie was about the most exciting and tense I have ever seen on film. The prolonged chase scene was brilliantly executed and I simply couldn’t stop watching since it captivated me. In many ways it was like prolonging the chase scene from THE FRENCH CONNECTION to an hour instead of 10 minutes! Sure, it was super-violent but at the same time it was super-skilled in its execution and I barely breathed during many of the tensest moments.

So, if you can get past all the gore, then this is a truly amazing and unique film–one you can never forget and one that raises realism to a shocking level. The only reason it didn’t earn a 10 from me is that, at times, the realism DIDN’T need to be THAT real and the film just goes to realistic excess.

2/8/08–I just finished watching Cornel Wilde in THE NAKED PREY (1966) and found the plot to be very, very close to Apocalypto–so much so that it seems this latter film is actually a reworking of THE NAKED PREY (which it is also better than, but both films are indeed excellent).

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 19 min (139 min)
Budget 40000000
Revenue 120654337
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Director Mel Gibson
Writer Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia
Actors Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Max Trujillo, Dalia Hernández
Country United States, Mexico
Awards Nominated for 3 Oscars. 9 wins & 23 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, SDDS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Aaton A-Minima, Arriflex 35-IIC, Panavision Primo Lenses, Arriflex 435, Panavision Primo Lenses, Ikonoskop A-Cam, Panavision Genesis HD Camera, Panavision Primo, Lightweight and Nikon Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA, EFILM Digital Laboratories, Hollywood (CA), USA (digital intermediate)
Film Length 3,768 m (Sweden), 3,801 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 16 mm (Kodak Vision2 500T 7218), 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 50D 5201, Vision2 500T 5218), Video (HDTV)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), HDCAM SR (source format), Spherical (source format) (some shots), Super 16 (source format) (some shots)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision Premier 2393), D-Cinema