As the Maya kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man chosen for sacrifice, flees the kingdom to avoid his fate.
A fantastic and brutal story told by a man who is quickly becoming one of my favorite directors, Mel Gibson. Mel has brought us Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ and now Apocalypto. What I love about Mel's style probably the most is he constantly keeps the camera moving (a lot of pan shots). For some reason, that just attracts me to him that he doesn't keep the camera in one place for very long. Another element of this film that I wasn't expecting to see that much was the brutality (some of the characters in this film had quite the taste for blood and death). Definitely a movie that if not viewed in theaters, should be a rental, if not a purchase.
