![]() The last two raiders continue to pursue Jaguar Paw on the outskirts of his village. Among those he kills are Middle Eye, whom he bludgeons with a stone hatchet, and Zero Wolf, whom he lures into a trap made for tapir hunts, where he is impaled by a large wooden spike. ![]() Reaching the jungle, Jaguar Paw uses its natural resources to kill his pursuers one by one. However, Cut Rock is then distracted by one of the earlier wounded runners, whose sacrifice allows Jaguar Paw to fatally wound Cut Rock and escape.Īn enraged Zero Wolf leads his men to hunt down Jaguar Paw. Jaguar Paw follows thereafter, and is also wounded, drawing the attention of Cut Rock. The first pair of runners are easily struck down. However, the remaining captives are taken by the raiders to their barracks to be used as target practice the raiders offer them freedom if they can dodge the missiles thrown at them, while Zero Wolf's son Cut Rock finishes the wounded off. ![]() As Jaguar Paw is laid out on the altar, a solar eclipse occurs and the Mayans take the event as an omen that the gods are satisfied, thereby sparing the remaining captives. Arriving in the city, the captives are divided the women are sold into slavery while the men are escorted to the top of a pyramid where they are brutally sacrificed to appease the gods. They then encounter an infected little girl who prophesies the end of the Mayan world. Meanwhile, Seven and Turtles Run remain trapped in the well and they struggle to escape it.Īlong the way, the raiders and their captives encounter razed forests and vast fields of failed maize crops, alongside villages decimated by an unknown disease. In the aftermath, the raiders round up the surviving villagers who are forced on a long march through the jungle. During the attack, Jaguar Paw hides both his pregnant wife Seven and their young son Turtles Run in an empty well before he is captured. The next morning, the village is attacked by Mayan raiders led by Zero Wolf, and many are killed, including Flint Sky, who is killed by the sadistic raider Middle Eye. The being will continue blindly taking until there is nothing left in the world for him to take, and the world is no more. 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. Returning to their village, Flint Sky notes that the refugees are 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 group of refugees fleeing from war and devastation. The film was a box office success, grossing over $120 million worldwide, and received generally positive reviews, with critics praising Gibson's direction, Dean Semler's cinematography, and the performances of the cast, though the portrayal of Mayan civilization and historical inaccuracies were criticized. Additionally, all dialogue is in a modern approximation of the ancient language of the setting, and the Indigenous Yucatec Mayan language is spoken with subtitles, which sometimes refer to the language as Mayan.Īpocalypto was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures in North America and Icon Film Distribution in the United Kingdom and Australia. All of the indigenous people depicted in the film were Maya. Principal photography took place in Mexico from 21 November 2005 to July 2006. 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 around the year 1511, 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. The film features a cast of American Indian 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 action-adventure film produced, co-written, and directed by Mel Gibson.
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