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Apocalypto

Release Date - Dec 8, 2006  |   Run Time - 139 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - R

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Apocalypto is a 2006 epic historical action-adventure film produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Farhad Safinia. The film features a cast of Indigenous and Mexican actors consisting of Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Dalia Hernández, Gerardo Taracena, Jonathan Brewer, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, and Israel Contreras. Set in Yucatán around the year 1502, 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. After a raid on their village, they are brought on a perilous journey to a Maya city for human sacrifice at a time when the Maya civilization is in decline.

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16th Century, Ancient Civilization, Central America, Forest, Human Sacrifice, Jaguar, Language, Maya, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Myths/Legends/Magic, Slavery, Solar Eclipse, Spiritual/Religious, Tribe, True Stories, Village

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Filming Location: Mexico
Narrative Location: Mexico

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