Released in 2006 and directed by Mel Gibson, Apocalypto follows Jaguar Paw, a young hunter whose peaceful life is sh@tt£red when raiders a-tt@ck his village and take its people capt!ve. . Before he is captured, Jaguar Paw manages to hide his pregnant wife, Seven, and their young son in a deep pit, promising that he will return for them. The c@ptives are then marched to a Maya city, where Jaguar Paw finds himself facing r!t¥al sacrifice and what appears to be almost certain d£@th. . His escape sets up the film’s relentless final stretch. With his family still trapped and time running against him, Jaguar Paw is pursued back into the forest he knows so well, turning the jungle and his knowledge of the land into his best chance of survival. . Rudy Youngblood played Jaguar Paw, while Dalia Hernández portrayed Seven. Almost the entire film was performed in Yucatec Maya rather than English, an unusual choice for a major theatrical release that helped give the story its immersive feel. Apocalypto went on to open at No. 1 at the US and Canadian box office in December 2006. . But behind the film’s striking recreation of the ancient Maya world was a historical controversy that followed its release. Historians and Maya scholars challenged its depiction of the civilisation, particularly its heavy emphasis on v!0l£nce and human s@cr!fice. The film also brought together elements from different periods of Maya history and incorporated practices scholars have associated more closely with the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican cultures. . Even with those historical liberties, Apocalypto found its strength as a survival story: one man trying to stay alive long enough to make it back to his family. . . . #Apocalypto #2000sMovies #MovieNostalgia #ThrowbackMovies #NostalgicSoundNg - @nostalgicsound_ng