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All teen and kid reviews for Apocalypto

Age
15
Average rating based on 8 kid and teen reviews:
  • 50% say violence is an issue
Teen, 18 years old
April 9, 2008
 
One of the greatest chase films of all time! Watch this again, Common Sense Media!
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.

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2009
 
Educationally scary
Good educational movie, a little too bloody and gory for younger viewers. I personally loved it. It was very realistic and the language was a little bad too.

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Kid, 11 years old
January 2, 2011
 
NO KIDS SHOULD WATCH
I hated this movie too violent and at the end they chop peoples heads off so NO KIDS should watch this a lot of blood and violent and gross stuff kids shouldnt see

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Teen, 13 years old
February 27, 2012
 
Great movie has over the top violence!!!!!!!
Parents should know that in my opinion, this is a very good movie. The only concern is the horrific violence. When I saw this movie I was beyond disturbed. Due to all the boat loads of gore and relentless violence, this movie is only for older teens and adults. Despite all the violence, this is a great movie about survival. It's a must watch!!!! There is also one f word and minor sexual content and sexual references.

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Teen, 17 years old
October 1, 2011
 
The end of my hopes for the development of special effects. Not for those who want a real storyline.
For the most part, this movie acts as if it is graphic, but in reality you don't really truly see much of the violence on-screen. Instead, the producers used several cheap tricks to get around all of the violence that was happening in the film. Besides, most of it is historical violence, which at least also has a realistic appeal to it. The natives are also nearly naked, which is a bit disturbing, but the only private parts you actually see are a baby's. As for the quality of the film, I think it is an okay story, but not quite that moving. But the very end is brilliant. However, as I have already stated, there are a good deal of cheap tricks that will be distracting you from the main plot when watching this movie, especially if you happened to have watched it in an Art History class where you are supposed to be really observant of things like that. One also might find it a little difficult to keep in mind what overall is going on and keep all of that in mind.

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Teen, 15 years old
July 31, 2011
 
educational
another masterpiece of mel gibson but it's even gorier than saw 1,2,5 and maybe saw 3d we saw alot of organ expecialy heart liver ( all kind of organs) even one scene where a man is shown eating a animal testicule!!! I don't recomend this movie for teen under 15 (this is rare for me)

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Not particularly family-friendly.
Don't get me wrong. This was an amazing movie, and I loved it a lot. However, it is not family material. There are sacrifices, beheadings, deaths galore. It is very violent, and I sometimes think it may not have been best for *me* to see it. There is some nudity, although it's mostly not in any sexual context. There are a number of not so subtle sex jokes. It is, however, a great movie.

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Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 
good but gory
i like the movie but besides the gore it is a good movie i like how jaguar paw fights to rescue his family but the gore eww a guy gets impaled on the head by an arrow

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