- macaronz4 juillet 2026Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto is an absolute masterpiece. Sets a landmark in cinematic tension a grueling, visceral chase movie that keeps your heart in your throat from start to finish. The way he builds the whole world of the Maya civilization is incredible. When I first saw it, the movie actually stayed on my mind for days. One of its greatest strengths is the casting choice by using local, indigenous actors instead of Hollywood stars, Gibson achieved a rare sense of raw realism. If mainstream actors had been hired, the film likely would have lost its authentic edge. I highly recommend it; next to The Passion of the Christ, this is easily my favorite Mel Gibson directorial project.
- Kevin Ward2 juillet 2025I have been on vacation on the Maya Riviera for a week which included a visit to Chichen Itza. Amazing vacation, highly recommend. Inspired me to rewatch Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto. It’s still an pretty incredible film, even if it didn’t quite hold up as well as I thought it would. Starting with the good, I loved the use Yucatec Maya language. I wish more films had the courage to film in authentic languages even when they know their audience doesn’t speak it. Prey, for example, could have been even better if it was filmed with Comanche dialogue (and not just in English with a Comanche dub option). Native American actors and that it was shot on location in Mexico, give the film an incredibly authentic feel. The parts that didn’t hold up as well as I remember are most of the opening 25 minutes or so, that establishes Jaguar Paw and his fellow villagers. There’s lots of sexual jokes that come off as very juvenile. Most of the relationships depicted feel like western stereotypes ported over onto a Maya story. One villager, for example, has an overbearing mother-in-law demanding he produce some grand children, which is played as a joke. There was actually very little from the opening that I liked all that much. Once the ransacking of Jaguar Paw’s village happens though, it’s an incredible and cinematic journey that culminates in essentially a epic chase sequence seeing the hostile Maya tribe chasing Jaguar Paw all the way back to his village. And I loved how a Jaguar and a snake played a role in assisting Jaguar Paw’s escape and how some of his captors saw that as a bad omen. There’s clearly inaccuracies in it’s depiction of the Maya culture, too, though. One pivotal scene hinges on the Jaguar Paw’s captors being surprised when solar eclipse occurs and blots out the Sun. But we know the Mayans to be some of the most advanced astronomers the world has ever seen, having erected Chichen Itza with specific dimensions and positioning to create shadows indicating the equinoxes. They had accurately predicted solar eclipses hundreds of years into the future. The idea that they wouldn’t have known that a solar eclipse was happening this day is preposterous. That’s the one that stuck out to me, though I’m sure there are plenty more. I was glad I had a good excuse to rewatch this film finally. It had been at least 15 years since I had seen it and it was nice to go into it with some fresh context about the Maya culture.
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Apocalypto a été publié sur 8 décembre 2006.
Apocalypto a été réalisé par Mel Gibson.
Apocalypto sa durée est de 2h 17min.
Apocalypto a été réalisé par Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey, Sergio Miranda.
Dans les temps turbulents précédant la chute de la légendaire civilisation Maya. Jeune père porteur de grandes espérances, chef de son petit village, Patte de Jaguar vit une existence idyllique brusquement perturbée par une violente invasion. Capturé et emmené lors d'un périlleux voyage à travers la jungle pour être offert en sacrifice aux Dieux de la Cité Maya, il découvre un monde régi par la peur et l'oppression, dans lequel une fin déchirante l'attend inéluctablement. Poussé par l'amour qu'il porte à sa femme, à sa famille et à son peuple, il devra affronter ses plus grandes peurs en une tentative désespérée pour retourner chez lui et tenter de sauver ce qui lui tient le plus à cœur.
Les personnages principaux de * Apocalypto * sont Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), Zero Wolf (Raoul Max Trujillo), Middle Eye (Gerardo Taracena).
Apocalypto est classé « 12 ».
Apocalypto est un film de l{genres}.
Apocalypto a obtenu une note de 7.9 /10 de la part du public.
Apocalypto disposait d'un budget de 40 M $US.
Apocalypto a rapporté 120,7 M $US au box-office.