Apocalypto

Director: Mel Gibson
(2006)

Now I'm not a big fan of killing for sport or even for sacrifice and killing for defense is only growing on me. There is A LOT of that in this film. a lot.
In the beginning I felt as if I were being forced to watch the film. Everyone wanted to see it but me but after the first human sacrifice and a little explanation I couldn't tear my eyes away. Especially when the cat and mouse chase began. I hated watching humans kill other humans as a way of sacrifice. I hated that. It was if they were saying they were much better than them and that they were lowly enough to be put on chopping block with no remorse for the killers. Not to mention these people were all the same race, etc.

I thought I might be done when the had the little boys killing the older men in the form of a sport but once Jaguar Paw made his get away I was kept wanting to know what would happen next. I wanted him to succeed and prevail, especially since his expecting wife and young child were trapped in a cave of some sort. I wanted him to get back to them as soon as possible.

Jaguar Paw was extremely saavy and I was so proud of him for all of the methods he used to get around his stalkers (for lack of a better word). I was especially impressed with the use of the dart gun with darts poisoned from a frog. He was extremely courageous.

I understand Mel Gibson wanting to keep with the actual language that those people speak/spoke but its a fictional/action film, not a documentary, etc. so I dont think a little english would hurt anything! Reading the subtitles while trying to keep up with the chase was tedious! (maybe its just me, but he did the same thing with The Passion of The Christ and I was kind of annoyed then too.)