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Release Date:
8 December 2006 (USA) moreTagline:
When the end comes, not everyone is ready to go morePlot:
As the Mayan 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 captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 13 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Probably one of the ten best movies of the year moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rudy Youngblood | ... | Jaguar Paw | |
| Dalia Hernández | ... | Seven | |
| Jonathan Brewer | ... | Blunted | |
| Morris Birdyellowhead | ... | Flint Sky | |
| Carlos Emilio Báez | ... | Turtles Run | |
| Amilcar Ramírez | ... | Curl Nose | |
| Israel Contreras | ... | Smoke Frog | |
| Israel Ríos | ... | Cocoa Leaf | |
| María Isabel Díaz | ... | Mother in Law (as Isabel Diaz) | |
| Espiridion Acosta Cache | ... | Old Story Teller | |
| Mayra Serbulo | ... | Young Woman | |
| Iazua Larios | ... | Sky Flower | |
| Lorena Heranandez | ... | Village Girl | |
| Itandehui Gutierrez | ... | Wife | |
| Sayuri Gutierrez | ... | Eldest Daughter |
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Rated R for sequences of graphic violence and disturbing images.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
139 minCountry:
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MayaColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Netherlands:16 | Canada:18A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Ireland:15A | Germany:18 | UK:18 | Australia:MA | Israel:18 | Argentina:18 | Malaysia:18PL | China:(Banned) | Indonesia:Dewasa | Thailand:R-14 | Taiwan:R-18 | Philippines:R-18 | Finland:K-15 | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:M18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Italy:T (original rating) | France:-12 | Canada:14A (Alberta) | South Africa:16 (V) | Italy:VM14 (re-rated) (court decision) (2007) | South Korea:18 | Norway:15 (original rating) | Norway:18 (re-rating) | Poland:18 | USA:R (certificate #42915) | Brazil:16 | Hungary:18 | Japan:R-15 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | New Zealand:R16 | Sweden:15 | Iceland:16Fun Stuff
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The film is allegedly inspired by the text of the Popol Vuh (sometimes called the Maya Bible) and Spanish missionary descriptions of the Maya. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The son of the hooligan leader Zero Wolf gets hurt on the right eye during the attack on the village. His father does two blood pressure release cuts right and below his eye. In the scene where the Commander gives his son the knife, the cuts moved further up and are now on to the right of his eye. And in the "shooting range" scene when the son is "the finisher", the cuts moved even further up and are now to the right and to the top of his eye. moreQuotes:
Zero Wolf: [Tree is cut down and almost falls on slaving party without prior warning] Hey, I am walking here! moreSoundtrack:
Nichos del Tiempo moreFAQ
Who´s the character on the cinema poster (it´s not Jag Paw) ?Poison dart frogs
Whats all the white stuff the Mayan slaves are working with in the city ?
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Apocalypto is probably one of the ten best movies of the year, a compelling action movie with not only adrenaline, but also brains and heart. Its portrayal of the Mayan culture -- including its strange dress, hair styles, costumes, tattoos, body piercing, and decorative scars, as well as its industry, class system, cities, warfare, weapons, myth, and religion -- provide a bizarre and fascinating anthropological backdrop for what is, at its heart, a solid, thrilling, fast paced old fashioned struggle between good guys and bad guys. The movie does have a lot of violence. But the violence is woven into a story with characters we care about. It is a realistic part of the culture being described. And it is not shown in a hyper gruesome manner, as is much of movie violence today. Thus, I found it much less offensive than many reviews had led me to believe I would. Unlike in some movies, I found the subtitles in Apocalypto so easy to read that most of time I forgot I was reading them. If anything the strange language only adds to the tone of exotic strangeness that pervades this unusually good and thrilling movie.