But Gibson does not make it inaccessible - quite the opposite - playing out the first act as if it were a Mayan-set soap, with plenty of pranks played amongst the townsfolk (some not unlike what you would expect from Gibson himself on-set, if the documentaries about his movies are anything to go by).
#Why is apocalypto so hard to find movie
I don't think I've ever seen a movie about Mayans, or anything even comparable, so the setting is instantly captivating. Jaguar Paw is the starry-eyed son of one of the Mayan village leaders, and when he is taken away from his pregnant wife and young son, his battle against his oppressors becomes a very personal one indeed.Īpocalypto kicks off as a beautiful, well-observed portrait of a dying culture. On the twilight of their self-destruction, we find ourselves in the thick of things with a small Mayan village, whose close-knit unit is torn apart by a temple-building, land-plundering Mayan tribe, who believe that the only way to save themselves from a plague ravaging their animals and their own, is sacrifice.
Now we get another unusual epic journey, the tale of a long-lost cultures - the Mayans.
That said, he appears to be quite a capable director, with The Passion of the Christ being a documentary-like telling of one of the greatest stories of all time. At arguably a fairly young age to be dropping out of leading roles (especially when compared with the likes of Eastwood), I sometimes wished that he mixed-and-matched a bit more with his movies, perhaps at least starring in a few of them as well as directing them (like he did with Braveheart). Cruise may jump up and down on sofas, but he's still seldom less than entertaining in his movies, and by the same rational I find it inappropriate (but understandable) that Gibson be judged for his conduct off-set.
Sure, much of it was his own drunken doing, but it is a shame that it has had so much of an effect on his credibility as an actor and filmmaker. Mel Gibson has had quite a tough time of it recently.
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