![]() ![]() These portions of the film are akin to full-color Holocaust footage. In fact, I was surprised that this film received only an R-rating, as the violence and carnage was among the most graphic I have ever seen on film and it probably would have been best to rate it NC-17-it's THAT intensely violent and disturbing. With scenes involving the sacrifices, the piles of what seem like thousands of bodies and the very violent deaths later in the film, this is definitely NOT a film for sensitive viewers or kids. As crops have failed, there is drought and a plague has struck, the Maya are looking to appease their god, Kukulcan (like the Aztec Quetzelcoatl-a dragon capable of swallowing the Earth is he isn't pleased). The story involves a group of men who are captured and taken to the Mayan capital to be sacrificed. ![]() Considering the film was set just before first contact with the Western world, this was a daring but intelligent choice. The film, believe it or not, is shot entirely with subtitles-using what was purported to be a recreation of a Mayan-type tongue for the film to heighten its realism (though the exact language has been lost). ![]()
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