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Apocalypto [Blu-ray]
Apocalypto [Blu-ray]
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4.0 (529 reviews)
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5A Stunning Work of Art - One of the Finest Films Ever Made
4Plagerism: Straight ripoff of 1966 movie "The Naked Pray"
4Realistic but bloody Mayan Historical fiction
51%whoa Melly!
51%Just watch
51%Excellent acting and action!
41%Crikey, look of ever there, it's a Mayan. Isn't he beautiful. Let's go round him up.
51%Totally Enjoyed This Film
51%Oscar Sham
30%2.5 stars out of 4
51%Great Movie, Great Blu
41%Amazing to watch... Brutally brilliant!,
51%Apocalypto (blu-ray)
51%Awesome Movie
51%Apocalypto
41%Hopefully, we'll get the message
50%apocalypto
30%Apocalypto is Vivid
4Great film
40%A Visual Buffet!
5Much Better than Anticipated
51%An awesome thriller
5Exciting story and screenplay
10%Disappointing...
5Perfect
31%Half-decent chase flick marred by bloated length and plot hole
10%Damaged DVD from Amazon
5HOME RUN!!
41%Despite Mel Gibson's possible insanity, this is a great film...
10%Region Code???
10%Gibsons rantings
5Beauty And Violence
50%Movie: 4/5 Picture Quality: 4~5/5 Sound Quality: 4.75/5 Extras: 2/5
50%Great Movie!!
50%MOST EXCELLENT MOVIE!
51%APOCALYPTO
41%Okay, so some of the Mayan stuff wasn't accurate . . .
51%Pure Excitement
51%JUST AWESOME!!!
51%Definitely not a "Chick Flick"
51%One of the best movies of the last ten years
20%Juvenile, inaccurate, worn story with a few spectacular scenes
51%Have viewed six times
41%Good stuff.
30%almost nailed it but....
51%My all-time favorite movie!
30%good movie but...
51%Very Authentic Mayan Movie, Great!
51%Entertainment Now
41%Review of Apoc by sepptagenerianalypto
41%Better once you watch the extra commentary
10%Possibly, the worst movie I have ever seen
50%Smoke Jaguar
30%Decent, if somewhat formulaic
50%Apocalypto Review
10%Kalimarrrr! Kalimarrrr!
51%A++
20%Savage Chic
41%wonderfully alien
51%This movie captures the true essence of a warrior
30%A heck of a yarn with a Marxist/ahistorical approach
51%Good Movie
41%Pleased.
30%Not Nearly As Good As Anticipated
41%Mel's Mayan culture
30%Let down by faulty astronomy, in my opinion
4Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
30%A visual feast, but not much depth to the story line or characters.
51%A Great Old Fashioned Nail Biter, Cliff Hanger!!
5Exciting movie
51%The only flawless movie I've ever seen
51%"A Great Historical Epic With Message"
51%De Mel Is the New DeMille
30%Don't Understand The Rave Reviews...
51%Now this is how history should be taught!
51%BRUTAL, VIOLENT, STUNNING
41%Fast-paced, original action film
41%Apocalyto, a story
30%Mad Max 1500 A.D.--the Jaguared version
5Great movie......
30%Amazing art direction
10%couldn't even finish watching this film!!
41%History as Art - Philospohical Discussion Material
40%Great
51%Apocalypto
51%WOW
5Mel Gibson is a BEAST!!!
50%Great Movie
21%too much for me
50%excellent film making, great story, yet controversial
4Great Adventure, Great Enertainment
10%A Horrible Film
51%Must see!
51%Movie of the Year!
41%Original and thought provoking
51%Unbelievable and Scenic
51%Great tense chase movie
10%This film is an exercise of stupidity and senseslesness.
5A moving story in a majestic setting
4ADRENALINE FILLED RUMBLE THRU THE JUNGLES
20%Powerful but disappointing
51%Apocalypto
51%Countdown to 2012...Lemurians vs. Atlanteans
51%Enjoy the ride and dont knit-pick the historical details!
51%American Braveheart
41%Give Me That Old Time Religion
50%great movie.
50%Apocalypto
41%Awesome visual and sound quality
5Fantastic Movie - Oh Yes!
50%Apocalypto
41%Review of Apocolypto
30%Jaguar Paw = Rambo of The Mayans!!!
10%Ultimately senseless
20%Bizzare
51%One of Mel's Finest Works
30%Over rated
31%The Passion of the Maya
51%A Motion Picture Masterpiece
5Sweet!!
50%Mel Gibson has done it again
51%Naked Prey 2 - The Mayan Adventure
4fascinating trip back in time
51%Bloody Good
41%Bryan Adams should've let them use "Run to You" as the theme song
51%Fantastic action film
51%Absolutely DO NOT listen to the media - THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER!
51%Make good critics, please!
41%Got Sacrifice?
50%Apocalypto Now!
3The Naked Prey meets Kings of the Sun on Rapa Nui
51%Phenomenal movie experience
5[4.5] A thrill ride like no other
51%YOU ARE THERE
51%Well Worth Watching
31%Great imagery; vague over-arching message...
5heroic and beautiful
10%Blood lust and gore - just that
41%End of an Era
10%Blue Ray Case Deceptive
51%Awesome movie, ambiguous ending
10%Movie
50%The Jungle Book
10%Disgraceful
51%Mel makes great movies!
31%Mayan Adventure Film
41%APOCALYPTO WOW!
40%Good Movie
41%Great blu-ray!
51%Don't judge it against the great films of all time. It is good in its own right as a fast-paced action flick.
50%SUPERB! REMARKABLE! OUTSTANDING! FANTASTIC!
5Brilliant Film Work
4Breathtaking
5Get some of Rambo, Predator, Indiana Jones & Conan...
31%Too much gore and a confused historical timeline but still an ok movie
51%Not for weak liberal prgressive wimps
20%This movie shows brutality and Sadistic brutality with gore--where is the culture of theses people?
41%Unrelenting violence masks Gibson's vibrant recreation of Mayan world
5Watch this or a jaguar will eat your face
50%Riveting
5Another classic from Mel
20%Apocalypto? Perhaps "Apocalame-o" is a better title
10%Missed chance
40%Gibs Puts Forth a Noble Bid...Wins Hearts and Minds :)
51%Not for the weak of heart--and mind
10%Shame on you Mel Gibson
30%historically innacurate, yet entertaining
5Chase is on
41%Good Scenes, Excelent Video, Story...to be continued
51%Amazing adventure; Riveting & exciting
51%A masterpiece!
41%Stunning Blu-ray to Show Off Your TV
31%good entertainment, but much gore
51%Excellent
51%Great but Keep a Barf Bag Handy
20%Apocalypto - Mel Gibson
50%Bungle in the Jungle
51%A must see!
10%I expected a lot more- ultimately wearisome...
51%Outstanding recreation to the Mayan World
51%A beautifully stunning film.....
51%Do Not Fear * Well Worth Buying
41%A GOOD HISTORICAL PIECE.
41%APOCALYPTO
4Fantasic pic
41%Another Mel Gibson Great
5Mel Gibson
51%Mel Knows Suffering.
30%Jahweh or Kukulkan - same thing??
41%Apocalypto
51%Amazing!
10%Pat's review
41%Brilliantly shot, visceral, with just a hint of a message
51%A passionate piece of filmmaking
10%No Ending!
51%A Mel Gibson Smash
41%Mel did it again
51%Gibson...Becoming One Of The Greatest Directors Of All Time!
51%Great portrayal of the self-destruction of pre-Columbian world
51%Outstanding
5Best movie of the year.
51%Brilliant
41%No need to hold off from this movie because it's not that violent.
51%Great Movie, Unexpected Surprise
51%Superior movie
20%Wanted to Love It
10%Bad movie, no story, historically incorrect
51%The best movie to come along in many years!
51%Breathless, energetic action epic
51%A Rare Masterpiece...
30%Excellent ingredients but weighed down by a cliched plot and unrelenting brutality
4Apocalypse!
51%Mel Gibson at His Best
51%Amazing Movie
20%Not too good --
50%EXCELLENT MOVIE
51%An exciting adventure story with a "heart"
51%Are You Not Entertained
30%tribal head trip from a sacramental wino
10%I don't get all the hype
41%Hollywood, get off Mel's back! At least he's doing something original!
20%Blood and gore for its own sake.
51%Exhilerating artistic achevement
51%Best movie in a long time
5Mel Scores again.
41%sad but true
51%Best film of 2006
51%Brings back shades of the "Road Warrior"
40%Old Story, New Setting
40%NICLEY DONE, LOVED IT!
41%Enjoyable film about the degradation of Mayan civilization before the Spanish arrive.
50%Apocalypto Review
40%kinda like...
30%It's Mel
51%Impressive! Mel Gibson is a genius of era reconstruction
51%Stunning!
51%Absolute BEST for blueray right now!
41%Mel Gibson's Engrossing Adventure Story
10%That's it?
51%Brilliant Film, Gripping Action
50%Crazy director, but great film.
10%Beautifully Filmed Racism
5Great storyline, and super blu-ray transfer
51%Terrifc departure from the norm.
41%Difficult to watch, but inspired
41%Excellent production - Mel at his best
50%Whew, I'm tired
5Mel Gibson did again.
51%superb
50%Mel did it again
51%Support Mel Gibson
10%Pointless, Jack Bower without the cell phone
51%Kudos to Gibson
5Wow
10%Don't know - don't care
5Apocalypto (Blu-ray) excellent
41%Great movie
41%Mel's Done It Again!
51%Great director
50%I enjoyed watching this movie in hi-def
51%Superb
4Take a Trip in a New World
30%Gruesome
51%Mel Gibson Really Outdoes Himself With this One!
5Blu-Ray Heaven
51%Outstanding production, direction and acting
5Greatest movie since Lord of the Rings and Star Wars
41%Decent movie, great presentation
51%This Defines Nonstop Action
41%Dramatization of Mayan Decline
51%Revolutionary Filmmaking
51%Jaguar Paw!!!
41%Apocalypto "Now"
51%THREE CHEERS FOR DIRECTOR GIBSON
50%Great movie
51%Fabulous movie
50%Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
51%Took me back to another time. . .
51%Amazing, Brutal, Intense and a Masterpiece.
51%Gibson's Epic Legacy
10%Not the same old Mel Gibson
30%Dear Diary: A lot happened today!
30%Awww...And I really wanted to love this film!
51%Apocalypto death to fear and courage reborn
41%Haunting...
3Thoughtful, if excessively violent
51%Simply Amazing!
41%A Thrilling Ride
41%Jaguar Paw was not gonna be denied
51%Art
51%A movie worth watching!
40%Not Bad!
51%Apocalypto - The Decline of Civilizations.
41%Wicked Movie Blu-ray is the bomb... Amazon need to package the disc less
51%Violent, bloody, yet different from typical Hollywood fare
51%A cinematic masterpiece
51%Stunning!
41%Fast paced and right on target but really 3 and a half stars.
10%Representative of our moral status
50%Great Item
41%Edge of Seat, Eyes Closed
51%Stunning!
41%Interesting but Not Enjoyable
40%Apoca-Elmo
50%Lavish, macabre masterpiece!
51%Mel Gibson's best movie since Braveheart
40%Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
51%Mayan Road Warrior
5Outstanding
10%Thinly masked torturefest.
40%Gibson's latest
5Great Movie
10%DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!
51%Very exciting movie
51%Apocolypto Now
51%don't bother reading the reviews, just watch the movie
41%Now for something really new and original !
51%Excellent film but very bloody!
41%"Beware The Blackness Of Day" ~ Culture Conflict, Prophecy And The Endless Cycles of Beginnings And Endings
41%Stunning visuals lead this semi-action film
31%a good chase movie - action packed (what the masses like)
40%So close to 5 stars...
10%Misunderstood View of Pre-Columbian Civilization
51%fantastic movie
51%Mel's best since Braveheart, Must add to blu-ray collection
51%An Apocalyptic Adventure!!
30%Original story, but boring to watch
51%Very Realistic
41%National Geographic Visual Splendor without the Historical Depth Needed
51%Stunning look into the world of the ancient Maya!
51%Stunning film!
5Amazing movie, but i'm tired from watching all the running!
51%What is wrong with Hollywood?
41%Unique cultural twist on an action film
41%Apocalypto Wow
20%Gibson's Latest Fever Dream
41%A New and Fascinating Milieu for a Traditional Action Movie.
41%Good, not great
10%Not recommended...
50%It's "Rambo". No, seriously.
51%The Maya Revealed
30%Rambo for 2000's
51%Enjoy this gorgeous "chase film," but do not take it for Maya history
31%Why Maya?
30%Overshadowed by Violence
40%The remake of The Naked Prey!!!
51%Excellent!
41%This is a must see!
50%Just wish I had seen it on the big screen...
51%"Apocalypto" Delivers Exceptional Thought-Provoking Entertainment
51%Bring forth the sacrificial tapirs!
20%Sorry to spoil the party
51%THE BRAVEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN WITH SO MUCH HEART
51%Gripping
41%Surprisingly good
40%Interesting to see the dress, but life would have been even more cruel
5One of the best pictures I have ever seen!
30%Amusement Park Ride
30%"The Naked Prey" by another name
51%Wonderful
41%Compelling Chase and Revenge Action
10%Mell is a chauvinist and sadistic pervert
51%Artful & Epic, Apoc delivers a powerful and often grisly story
50%Awesome movie!
40%Graphic Violence Not as Extreme as Expected, but Not as Action-Packed, Either
51%Completely blew me away!
3Looks lovely, does not deliver
50%From a Mexican point of view
51%Thrilling action mixed with some painful truths
50%Rambo meets Conan, sort of.
50%Glued to the tube!!!!!
51%"What...I have to read?"
41%A Riveting Movie that Must be Seen
41%"Apocalypto" now, on DVD
51%Best movie of the year
51%His best movie
51%Thank you Mel for something original. And entertaining.
51%Mesmerizing!
51%Gibson at his usual best!
30%blahish
40%great period movie but lacking in an original historically linked plot
51%Mel Gibson: Ultimate Visionary Movie Producer
5Beware of the Jaguar Man.....
41%A well made film!
51%Love Him Or Hate Him, Gibson Knows Cinema
51%Masterful
41%Let the adventure begin...
30%Something missing
50%Good Flick!
20%Mel has done some very good work bad not this time
30%Good But Not Great
51%Has you wishing Mel Gibson directed "The Mission" ...
41%An exciting epic that may not be for everyone
10%Please, someone, take Mel to the Yucatecan Jungle....
50%Stunning
10%A WASTE of film!!!!
51%Great MOVIE.... Very Well Done
40%Entertaining but schizophrenic
50%Stunning!
41%Powerful and Engaging.
51%Perhaps not accurate but!
41%Visually stunning adventure epic
10%ZERO STARS
20%English Subtitles Suck
51%Gibson and History
51%Curiosity Satisfied!
21%Entertaining but historically inaccurate
51%Very Unique
51%Excellent Ride!
10%Slightly entertaining, but WRONG
51%I would like to say....
5The Critics are Hypocrits!!!!!!
50% A MOVIE THAT REPRESENTS!!!!
51%An Undeniable Wallop
51%Hollywood moguls could learn good movie making from Mel Gibson
51%Refreshingly original and frentic!
51%Run for your life
51%WOW, WOW, WOW, ... JUST PLAIN AWESOME
41%Beautful but violent movie . . .
50%Nothing has really changed...
20%Gory, Overwrought Nonsense : Gibson has finally lost it
50%Be Ready for Phenominal Sound!
51%EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT CHASE FILM IN TRADITION OF THE NAKED PREY
41%Good entertainment
51%apocolypto
51%An Astonishing Experience. A Masterpiece!
51%Apocalypto will capture your attention and not let go...
51%good at your seat movie
51%This is excellent film making
51%A visionary epic. . .
41%Pretty Good Movie
51%A movie, not a documentary
51%Magnificent...but extremely violent
51%A Very Original Film
51%Apocalypto
51%Historically Excellent, Another hit for Mel Gibson
20%This film was a disappointment.
50%Great Film !
50%A masterpiece.
20%The Temple of Doom meets The Naked Prey
51%extreme
51%entertainment at its best
41%Gibson's Journey Into The Mayan Jungles Makes For An Exciting Action Epic
51%Full of Holes, but Still a Good Ride
50%A Very Entertaining Adventure
51%FINALLY SOMETHING ORIGINAL !
41%another place
51%THIS IS HOW IT ACTUALLY WAS BACK THEN.
40%Quite good - could have been much beter
40%Express Film-making
40%Excellent movie
50%destined to be a cult classic
50%Fast pace, intensive epic movie
40%Mel Gibson's best film
50%This film was amazing...
51%Even if you dislike Mel Gibson see this movie
40%gory
41%Must see for the amature Mayanist!
50%Stunning, Well-made, Amazing
51%Awesome
51%Gibson's Finest Work!
51%The pregnant woman of the Book of Revelation
30%Probably one of the best movies of the year
30%Mel Gibson and the Temple of Doom.
41%Walk amoung the ancient Maya. . .
20%A Movie isn't Sociology for God's sake!
51%bloody for a reason
51%An incredible achievement
40%Impressive
20%Grotesque
20%Very very violent but well portrayed
51%Some random thoughts from a Christian perspective ...
51%The essence of the Ancient Maya brought to life.
10%Why so much violence?
30%Many good things, but feels unfinished.
50%Too bad this movie was directed by Mel
30%Over-Hyped and Violent
50%Great But It Had One Fatal Flaw
20%Surprisingly enough, very disappointing
50%Superb
51%WOW!
40%the best mad max movie yet
50%A CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC
51%Powerful Parable for Our Time.
50%A desperate flight for survival
51%Gibson Does It Again
20%Pointless
50%All Good Things Must Have a New Beginning
50%APOCALYPSE BACK THEN
40%Fantastic, amazing, but with one nagging inaccurancy
40%A New Beginning
51%Thrilling adventure in a unique setting. Loved it!!
30%On a quality scale of Passion to Braveheart, this one gets an Apocalypto
50%Civilized Savagery....
51%Jaguar
50%Well researched, poignant, visual feast...
50%nothing but 'rambo' mayan style
50%Mayan version of Braveheart, but with an inherent message that only Mel could deliver
51%Watch It
30%Why was everything entirely pointless?
50%Seeing a Mayan city visually recreated is astonishing
50%A New Beginning for Mel Gibson
41%new beginnings?
51%A Breathtaking Film
51%Once you let fear in, it will take you over.
50%Well Done - True or Not
51%Great Movie, very accurate
41%Not for the squeamish.
40%Not quite worthy of five stars, but still very good
50%The Most Dangerous Game
5Gore is necessary to show the depravity of mankind....,
30%A Decent Movie... But the Mayans Deserve Better
31%"There's Less Going On Here Than Meets The Eye"
51%Best movie of the year!
50%"Apocalypto" is excellent!
10%Rotten Running Man Ripoff!
51%Mel Gibson seems to be the only person making these kinds of films. And from his own pocket too.
40%The Most Violent Movie I've Ever Seen
51%This may be Mel Gibson's finest film
50%Now about the contraversy
51%A near-masterpiece - Gibson goes all out
50%WOW Been waiting for this!!
50%If Gibson's hands behind it,, Definitely I will give it 5 stars
50%No One Can Outrun Their Destiny
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