Apocalypto [videorecording] / Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Icon Productions, an Icon production ; produced by Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey ; written by Mel Gibson & Farhad Safina ; directed by Mel Gibson.
Blu-ray Disc. Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead, Carlos Emilio Baez, Ramirez Amilcar, Israel Contreras, Israel Rios, María Isabel Díaz, Espiridion Acosta Cache, Mayra Serbulo, Iazua Larios, Lorena Hernández, Itandehui Gutierrez, Sayuri Gutierrez. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. Special features: Feature commentary by writer/director/producer Mel Gibson and writer/co-producer Farhad Safinia; "Becoming Mayan: making Apocalypto" documentary; deleted scenes (with optional commentary by writer/director/producer Mel Gibson and writer/co-producer Farhad Safinia); movie showcase (access to select movie scenes that showcase the ultimate High Definition picture and sound).
Summary:
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice, but flees to avoid his fate. He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression, where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
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