Redundant and unnecessary.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Best movie of this year hands down!

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Having seen the 7.8 ratings for this movie, I went out of my way to find a copy to view. It's supposed to be an adventure, action and drama, but that's not how I experienced it.The movie should portray the Mayan people and their culture. The Mayan were a 'civilized' nation, having created great building feats and amenities long before the roman empire was able to do the same.Well, this movie has nothing to do with this. What you get is endless savagery, with primitive people running around in the bush doing ferocious killings of other people. Mel Gibson should know better and the purpose of this movie is beyond me. This movie is a good example of distorting history, other than the sacrificial offerings, which this society indeed practiced.

What a sensational work has been done by the whole team, I am seeing it repeatedly & really enjoying the movie, since I've seen the movie I have started searching for (Apocalypto 2). AMAZING!

If the attraction of films is immersion into another reality, this bad boy fills the bill and then some, on steroids. We go to the heart of the South American jungle at the start of the decline of the Mayan civilization, just before the arrival of invading Europeans, and Mel Gibson's evocation of the times puts to shame nearly every historical epic before, very nearly the history lesson of teachers' dreams, and then there's the story of a simple family man trying to survive in a violent world. Gibson may well be the D.W. Griffith of his time, emboding sensational film making and bad politics simultaneously ... but so what? Hollywood needs to forgive him. I have.Although slow and sometimes difficult to understand, this is truly a visual masterpiece with so many brilliant performances it's hard to choose who to credit first. A fantastic voyage of a story which integrates you with these people and allows you to feel part of the gang; but then that's all spoiled by the ending which confuses my sense of time. At first it seems to be of the Mayan era but then the ships come along with a completely different period of clothing. I'm not sure if this was intentional to show that such barbarism was still in full swing in 'modern' times or to just be annoying. Good film though.

In my view, this is perhaps Gibson's best film. It's theme can be summarized as "escape and survival" and it does not take long for the movie to grab you and keep you paralyzed until it's last minute.As always, Gibson gives paramount importance to authenticity and atmosphere. Even though full historical accuracy obviously has been forced to give way to practical considerations in some instances, this movie still has a very "real" feel to it; the characters all speak authentic Mayan accents and the producers have done excellent scenography work. The film contains some gut-wrenching depictions of violence, but they all serve the purpose of authenticity and never devolve into aggrandizement. By all accounts, pre-Columbian Mesoamerica was an exceedingly brutal time and place to be alive in – Gibson captures this without going overboard.There is no false advertising with this movie – it gives you exactly what it says it will. It is 100% suspense from start to finish. Warmly recommended.