Apocalypto (R, 2006)

I was left with my jaw dropped, I loved the whole movie and was on the edge of my seat biting my nails. Yes it is violent, yes it is gory, no don't take the kids..but there is a love story and a will to live within the movie that captures the audience. Rudy Youngblood is an awesome artist and actor...thank you Mel Gibson!!

The violence could give little kids nightmares. It's not an extremely great movie, but still recommendable. Children under the age of 12 shouldn't watch it, as it has powerful, graphic images (not as much as The Passion of Christ). It does have some sexual references, so that's something that shouldn't be overlooked.

If you have a stomach for graphic violence lots of gore. Patience to read subtitles due to the film being spoken in their native tongue (very impressive) this is a film for you. This is not suitable for any child under the age of 15. The film is rich with culture, the cinematography is just perfect. I really felt that I was taken back to another place and time. Excellent film making.

im 13 and this helped me a lot on my Mayan project. 11-20 great movie enough blood dialouge and violence but it had me scared to go upstairs in fear that jaguar would kill me

I'm grateful that I saw this at home rather than on big screen. While I can admire the cinematography, the costumes, the use of native language, and even the thin plot line revolving around love of family, all that was overwhelmed by the gratuitous violence. There were elements of the story that were ludicrous - the pursuers left a killing arena armed only with a few weapons, but when chasing the captive through the rainforest they all had torches (and means to light them). The pursued man was badly wounded but didn't even slow down. And in the fast and furious pursuit through the immense forest, the pursuers knew exactly which way the prisoner ran. But overall it was the violence that left me cold, and made me feel that Mel Gibson's ultimate intent was to see how gruesome and gross he could be. It's unfortunate that he hasn't grasped the concept of suggestion - that it is possible to convey a point powerfully without making the viewer feel that he's stepped into a bloodbath.

I am appalled at the review that was given for "Apocalypto" by Common Sense Media. This is one of the greatest chase movies of all time. But- it is only for adults or kids who have a lot of experience in really gory stuff, a tiny bit of language, some mature sex-related parts and scary stuff throughout. Apocalypto is the most violent movie I've ever seen. Worse than Saving Private Ryan and Gladiator and Black Hawk Down and all those violent war films. There is a lot of blood, many throats cut, a brain is exposed, a man's face is eaten and ripped apart by a jaguar, men are sacrificed brutally by being cut open and then having their hearts removed and their heads cut off, one man and an animal called a tapir are speared through with a lethal ancient trap invloving a lot of spikes, (in which the tapir is cut open by some hunters and its innards are given as presents to the other men. One of the innards are the "balls" which are given to a man to actually eat, and he does, and we see it)many men and women are brutally dragged about and tied up and put in slavery, arrows go straight through men's heads and chests, a man's head is crushed on a rock at the bottom of a waterfall and a lot of blood is shown, and about half the movie, and I really mean that, is a long chase scene that is very scary and involves many frightening parts. And all of this is put in very scary, bloody, and violently explicit terms. Think about that for a second. Do you think your kid or you should see this? I apologize if what you just read disturbs you, but all of that does happen in the story and a lot more. There are two words for language, the d-word and one f----d. Also, throughout this movie, there are naked bottoms because the ancient mayans don't dress eevrything up. Men and women are also shown topless a lot as well, but more the men than the women. Also, a man and his wife are really pressured to have a baby by the wife's mother. To "help" him, a man gives the husband some leaves to rub around his you-know-whats that are supposed to help. But later on, the man and the wife run out of their room. (Young ones, DO NOT read on here.)The man wahes his you-know-whats and the woman drinks water, indicating... well... you know. If you don;t know, however, you shoudl not be reading this review and shouldn't even think about watching this movie. As for social stuff, well, this movie shows the Mayans and aztecs and all of them as cruel, horrible, violent and terrible civilizations. This movie is also so violent that it amy tell kids that violence is OK for everything. But overall, its an excellent action/adventure thriler chase film. My favorite Mel Gibson movie so far, although I haven't seen The Passion of The Christ. I lvoed it, but was appaled by some of the content in it. Very mature and violent content. Parents, you should always see it with your child. However, they won't see very mcuh of the film because you'll be covering their eyes most of the time.