So if the film is SO violent and tough to watch, why did I actually enjoy it? Well, first, I am a history teacher and was amazed at the wonderful attempt to re-create the barbarity of the Mayans as well as the helplessness of the neighboring tribes. Unlike the happy, Earth-loving stereotype we've recently envisioned of the Native Americans, the Maya and Aztecs were truly brutal and blood-thirsty civilizations--responsible for massive ethnic cleansing of smaller tribes through human sacrifice and slavery.
It was nice to see the sacrifices ultimately stopped--though they were unfortunately replaced with Spanish genocide and slavery--I guess you can't win 'em all. Second, even though the film was brutal, the last half of the movie was about the most exciting and tense I have ever seen on film. The prolonged chase scene was brilliantly executed and I simply couldn't stop watching since it captivated me. Sure, it was super-violent but at the same time it was super-skilled in its execution and I barely breathed during many of the tensest moments.
So, if you can get past all the gore, then this is a truly amazing and unique film--one you can never forget and one that raises realism to a shocking level. The focus was on viscera and the downbeat story was just too tough to enjoy. When I heard his latest movie was an action adventure about the ancient Mayans, I was pumped and pretty sure I'd enjoy it.
I did. It's Gibson's best film as director, beautifully shot throughout with some stunning jungle locations, an epic and awe-inspiring Mayan city that will take your breath away, and the best waterfall scene I've seen in a film. The cast of unknowns are entirely remarkable, each and every one one of them, and it's amazing how the viewer can empathise with them from the very first scene, despite the facts that their characters are little more than jungle savages who speak in an unknown tongue.
The film follows the journey of Jaguar Paw, the excellent young hero, who's taken as a slave to a Mayan city where blood sacrifice is the norm. Through his eyes, we see hundreds of remarkable sights that I'll have fun watching again and again. The bad guys end up getting picked off one by one in increasingly satisfying ways, pretty much like something out of a horror film. Gibson goes all-out with the bloodshed from the very beginning. Severed heads, entrails, torn hearts, headless corpses, rotting fields of the dead, axe wounds to the skull, and death by jaguar are just some of what's in store, and it's all handled very well indeed.
Jaguar Paw leads a hunting party in the jungle with his father. They encounter refugees escaping from an unknown danger. Their unprepared village is attacked by a Mayan hunting party. Most of the adults are enslaved and brought to the city. The land is suffering from drought and plague. The male prisoners are being sacrificed. There is a solar eclipse just as Jaguar Paw is about to be sacrificed.
The men are given an opportunity to run for their freedom. When Jaguar Paw escapes, the Mayan warrior leads a chase to avenge his son who is killed by Jaguar Paw. The first half of this movie is absolutely harrowing and brutal.
It is powerfully shot by director Mel Gibson. The little kids are heart-breaking. His escape and journey has a few too many coincidences.
I buy the jaguar as some kind of prophetic sign just like the solar eclipse. However, he doesn't need to rescue his wife and kid just in the nick of time. The final image also doesn't need to be that. It seems to suggest something that isn't quite warranted. All in all, it can't be denied that this is wonderful filmmaking. About The Collection. There are currently movie scripts available on Screenplay DB.
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