Title: great period movie but lacking in an original historically linked plot
Product review: gibson's previous historicals - braveheart, patriot, passion of the christ - the stories of these movies were well integrated with the period they represented - often linked with actual historical events - scottish warrior fighting england, american settler fighting british colonialists, jesus being tortured by the romans ...but the same cannot be said about apocalypto.how many movies have we seen of a male who returns from peril (abductment) to save his mate and child?you can simply take the plot of apocalypto and make it in our own modern times with little lost. and by that the movie loses its claim to greatness.it is a pity that gibson didn't do enough research to find a story more intimately wedded to the times and culture to give the plot its uniqueness and make it a great movie in all senses.apart from this the movie is highly entertaining.
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