Sunday, January 21, 2007

Apocalypto

The movie was dialogued in the Yukatek Maya language and with an unknown cast. The plot revolves round Jaguar Paw, his small village and people was invaded by Zero wolf and his henchmen. His father bled to death infront of him when his throat was slit by Middle eye. But his quick wit before that made him hid his wife, Seven and son, Turtle run, they were lowered into a pit and managed to escape captive.

With all his prisoners, zero wolf led them back to Maya City where the ruler needs to scarifice them for the sun god KuKulkan. Finally, they were back to Maya City, till they reach the place of scarifice, the path throughout depicts the slaves working and the people who live in the city.

The captured women were sell off at the market area while men were painted blue then move on.

The scarifice
The ruler and their men were up on a high platform with a very long flight of steps leading up. The scarfice will be laid face up on a stone object while the priest stabbed him to death and extract his heart out. Then the head will be chopped off and throw off the down the steps. People watching from below cheered on as they looked on.

It was Jaguar Paw's turn to be scarifice but of course he cannot die as he is the main lead. When he was about to be stab, a solar eclipse occured. *fastest solar eclipse ever* Then the priest annouced, the son god is already pleased so no more scarfice was needed.

Therefore, zero wolf led the rest of the captives away for a game. They were brought to a battlefield, zero wolf's son was given the "finisher" role. Two at a time, they were told to run, if they can go past the corn field, they are free to go.

But then, where got so easy lor ....

As they run, the henchmen will threw every god damn weapons they have at them. The first 2 didn't make it, one barely reach the "finisher" but kena finshed there. It was Jaguar Paw's turn, the and his partner ran fast in a zig-zag manner. This make it hard for the men to hit them, but anyway Jaguar Paw was hit in the tummy by an arrow. He still managed to stagger to the finisher, broke the arrow head, with a swift move, stabbed into the "finisher" neck.

Zero wolf's son fell to the ground in split second. Jaguar paw pulled all his strength and ran off. Zero wolf charged forward and held his son in his arms. In a fit of extreme rage, led his man in a chase of days and nights to kill Jaguar Paw.

This is the start of the most intense part of the movie. Jaguar, somehow blessed with some KT power, ran on and on and on and on and on .... outwitted them and killed them one by one. Then it became to rain, knewing his wife and son is in the pit. He ran to the pit to save them but still got 2 men chasing him.

His wife of course also "power", survived a fall while climbing up using a vine. The water could not drown her, she held her son up and EVEN GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY UNDERWATER !!!

Jaguar and the 2 men ran to the beach, they stopped and was stunned. Ships on the water, people came in boats. Jaguar took this chance and ran back, saved his wife and children.

From that moment onward, they went back to the jungle to seek their new beginning ....

Moment of the movie :
A jaguar pounce on one of the men, there are few seconds which you can see it verociously chewing and biting off his face !!!

7/10

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