They then pass a little girl infected with the plague who prophesies the end of the Mayan world. Meanwhile, Seven and Turtles Run remain trapped in the pit after a suspicious raider severs the vine leading out of it.Īs the party approaches the raiders' Mayan city, they encounter razed forests and vast fields of failed maize crops, alongside villages decimated by an unknown disease. The raiders tie the captives together and set out on a long forced march through the jungle, leaving the children behind to fend for themselves. When Middle Eye realizes that Flint Sky is Jaguar Paw's father, he kills Flint Sky and mockingly renames Jaguar Paw "Almost". Returning to the fight, Jaguar Paw nearly kills the sadistic raider Middle Eye, but is eventually captured. During the attack, Jaguar Paw lowers his pregnant wife Seven and their young son Turtles Run into a pit. The next morning, the village is attacked by raiders led by Zero Wolf huts are set on fire, many villagers are killed, and the surviving adults are taken prisoner. Later that night, the tribe gathers around an elder who tells a prophetic story about a being who is consumed by an emptiness that cannot be satisfied, despite having all the gifts of the world offered to him, and who will continue blindly taking until there is nothing left in the world for him to take, and the world is no more. Flint Sky notes that the refugees were sick with fear and urges Jaguar Paw to never allow fear to infect him. While hunting in the Mesoamerican rainforest, Jaguar Paw, his father Flint Sky, and their fellow tribesmen encounter a contingent of fleeing refugees, and the group's leader explains that their lands were ravaged and asks for permission to pass through the jungle. The film was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures in North America and Icon Film Distribution in the United Kingdom and Australia. The film was a box office success, grossing over $120 million worldwide, and received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising Gibson's direction, Dean Semler's cinematography, and the performances of the cast, though the portrayal of Mayan civilisation and historical accuracy were criticized. After the devastation of their village, they are brought on a perilous journey to a Mayan city for human sacrifice at a time when the Mayan civilization is in decline. Set in Yucatán, Mexico, around the year 1502, Apocalypto portrays the hero's journey of a young man named Jaguar Paw, a late Mesoamerican hunter and his fellow tribesmen who are captured by an invading force. This was the last film Gibson directed until 2016's Hacksaw Ridge ten years later. Here, the Indigenous Yucatec Mayan language is spoken with subtitles, which sometimes refer to the language as Mayan.
Similar to Gibson's earlier film The Passion of the Christ, all dialogue is in a modern approximation of the ancient language of the setting.
All of the indigenous people depicted in the film were Maya. The film features a cast of Native American and Indigenous Mexican actors consisting of Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Dalia Hernández, Gerardo Taracena, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, and Israel Contreras. Apocalypto ( / ə ˌ p ɒ k ə ˈ l ɪ p t oʊ/) is a 2006 American epic historical adventure film produced, co-written, and directed by Mel Gibson.
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