"I saw a hole in Man. Deep, like a hole he will never fill. It is what makes him sad and what makes him want. He will go on taking and taking until one day the world will say: 'I am no more and nothing left to give.'"
God damnit this movie is really intense. In terms of gore, brutality, and other savagery(like eating porcine testicles), Apocalypto ranks pretty high up there. Gibson, it seems, went through a great deal of trouble to create authenticity as well, hiring 700 Mexican stand-ins, constructing his own blood soaked Mayan city, and even ordering hand-made clothes dyed with plant extracts to dress his actors in.
Although displaying some shocking imagery, Apocalypto was fervently lacking in story quality. It centralized around the experiences of one tribal and his struggle for revenge against the Jaguar warriors that destroyed his village in the outlying jungles. It would have been a lot more epic if the plot focused on the agonizing destruction of Mayan civilization by Spanish conquistadors, rather than some guy's hunting grounds. At least, that was what I was expecting.
STEP 1: | Pull out the cardiac musculature with an obsidian blade, making sure to completely sever all the aortic and pulmonary arteries. Decapitate the body with the sword of a Jaguar warrior. |
STEP 2: | Hold out the heart for everyone to see. They will jeer in delight. Send the heart to Quetzalcoatl by incineration. Say something about how we are the race destined to be the masters of time. |
STEP 3: | Roll the head down the steps of the pyramid. It is launched in style similar to throwing a bowling ball. Some jesters at the bottom of the pyramid will catch the head in a net and throw it around for extra fun. |
STEP 4: | Roll the body down steps after they are done. The body will ragdoll down to the base where it will be properly disposed of. Bring in the next sacrifice and repeat until everyone is tired. |
Visuals: 97%
Story: 45%
Torture meter: 9/10
Gibsonian torture ratio: 1.3 (above average)
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Hey wtf that second picture is too horrifying.
Jack Bauer and Mel Gibson should join forces with the director of the Saw series to make a torture movie extrodinaire.
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