When referring to the truly memorable historical epics of the last quarter-century, the 2006 survival thriller Apocalypto has to be at the top of any cinephile's list. While it might not be the best ...
With Apocalypto, Mel Gibson has taken on a tough challenge in focusing on a civilization that no longer exists and that is not terribly important to most Americans. With the same passion that he put ...
But then it wouldn’t be a Mel Gibson film, would it? The exhilarating adventure tale in the Yucatec Maya tongue is Gibson’s fourth turn behind the camera — and his bloodiest. As a director, he seems ...
It’s safe to say that only Mel Gibson could have made Apocalypto. No other director would have been able to gather enough funding to produce a film with mostly non-actors in a Mayan dialect. Yet for ...
While the holidays boosted specialty titles like “Letters From Iwo Jima” and “Babel,” Mel Gibson’s holdover “Apocalypto” seemed stuck in neutral, after generating surprising heat in its debut three ...
"Apocalypto" turns out to be not a case of Montezuma's revenge but of Mel Gibson's: It's something entirely unexpected, a sinewy, taut poem of action. Brazenly politically incorrect, it actually ...
For an anti-Semitic alcoholic, Mel Gibson sure can make entertaining movies. His latest, ``Apocalypto,'' represents a giant step forward from his previous effort, ``The Passion of the Christ,'' a ...
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