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Apocalypto is a 2006 American epic adventure film directed and produced by Mel Gibson. It was written by Gibson and Farhad Safinia. Set in pre-Columbian Petén, Guatemala, around the year 1511, Apocalypto depicts the journey of a Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and destruction of his village.

The film features a cast of Maya and Native American actors. The entire dialogue is in the Yucatec Maya language, with English and other language subtitles, in order to immerse the viewer in the world it portrays.

The film was a financial success; however, its depictions of indigenous cultures sparked controversy, despite there being numerous initial-contact eyewitness accounts of the society by the colonial Spanish at the time. The controversy centered on the accuracy of the depiction of the Maya. Some critics felt the portrayal of the Maya as sadistic savages was offensive and unbalanced, denigrating the cultural achievements of the Maya. Other experts felt it portrayed the Maya more accurately and realistically, in the way it represented the civilization's decline, and the film's avoidance of questionable distinctions between "peaceful" Olmecs and "brutal" Maya civilizations as drawn by early researchers.

Contents [hide]

1 Plot

2 Cast

3 Production

3.1 Screenplay

3.2 Costumes and makeup

3.3 Set design

3.4 Filming

4 Soundtrack

5 Distribution and marketing

6 Themes

7 Reception

7.1 Critical response

8 Box office

8.1 Awards

8.1.1 Won

8.1.2 Nominated

9 Controversy

9.1 Representation of the Maya

9.2 Human sacrifice

9.3 Eclipse scene

9.4 Ending

9.5 Lawsuit

10 References

11 External links

Plot[edit]

While hunting tapir in the Mesoamerican rainforest, Jaguar Paw/Paksiw (Rudy Youngblood), his father Flint Sky (Morris Birdyellowhead), and their fellow tribesmen encounter a procession of refugees fleeing warfare. The group's leader explains that their lands were ravaged, and asks for permission to pass through the jungle. Flint Sky points out to his son that the visitors were sick with fear, and never to allow fear to infect him.

At dawn the next morning, the tribe's village is raided, its huts set on fire, and many villagers are killed, with the rest taken captive. Jaguar Paw's heavily pregnant wife Seven (Dalia Hernández) and their young son Turtle's Run (Carlos Emilio Báez), escape by hiding in a deep vertical cave, but are left trapped when Jaguar Paw is captured. The raiders are led by Zero Wolf (Raoul Trujillo); another raider called Middle Eye (Gerardo Taracena) kills Flint Sky. The raiders then lead the captives on a long forced march through the jungle.

On the journey, Cocoa Leaf, a badly wounded captive who is tied to the same pole as Jaguar Paw, nearly tumbles off a cliff, but Jaguar Paw and the others manage to pull him back up. Cocoa Leaf is killed by Middle Eye for this, eliciting anger from Zero Wolf, who threatens his fellow raider with death if he kills a captive again without permission. As the party approach the Mayan cities, they encounter razed forests and failed maize crops, along with villages decimated by an unknown disease. A little girl infected with the iillness prophesies that a solar eclipse will occur and says that a man running with a jaguar will end the Mayan's world. In the city's outskirts, slaves are seen working in lime quarries; the female captives are sold as slaves while the males are escorted to the top of a step pyramid to be sacrificed.

As Jaguar Paw is about to be sacrificed, a solar eclipse occurs. The priest quickly declares the god Kukulkan is satisfied with the sacrifices and asks Kukulkan to let light return. The remaining captives are ordered to be taken away and "disposed of". Zero Wolf and others take the captives away and release them in pairs; they are offered freedom if they avoid being killed during the ensuing target practice. They are teased with the promise of freedom if they reach the end of the length of the court, while Zero Wolf's son, Cut Rock (Ricardo Díaz Mendoza), is sent to the end of the court to kill any survivors. Jaguar Paw is shot in the waist, but kills Cut Rock as the latter approaches. Zero Wolf comforts his dying son by ending his life, then sets off with his comrades to chase down and kill Jaguar Paw. Back in his native jungle, Jaguar Paw now has the advantage, although badly injured. His pursuers are gradually killed - one is attacked by a black jaguar guarding her cubs, another dies in a a cliff fall, and others from Jaguar Paw's poison frog darts. Jaguar Paw is strengthened by remembering his father's guidance never to give in to fear, while his pursuers are weakened by fear and apprehension; some only pursue him due to the force of Zero Wolf's leadership.

Heavy rain begins to fall, threatening to drown Jaguar Paw's family who are still trapped in the vertical cave. Zero Wolf shoots Jaguar Paw with an arrow, but dies when he runs into the tapir-hunting trap set in the opening scene; he is impaled and killed. Following Zero Wolf's death, the two remaining raiders chase Jaguar Paw out of the undergrowth. As they reach the beach, all three see conquistador ships anchored off the coast and Christian Europeans making their way ashore. Jaguar Paw flees while the two raiders are left mesmerized and transfixed at the conquistador presence. He returns to save his wife and son from the flooded pit; Seven has just given birth to their second son. Sometime later, as the reunited family look out from the forest toward the

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