Apocalypto Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

When the end comes, not everyone is ready to go.

Last modified: Dec. 22, 2008

Apocalypto

Director: Mel Gibson

Starring: Mayra Serbulo • Gerardo Taracena • Raoul Trujillo • Rudy Youngblood

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Plot: From Academy Award winning filmmaker Mel Gibson, comes "Apocalypto" a heart stopping mythic action-adventure set against the turbulent end times of the once great Mayan civilization. When his idyllic existence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, a man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

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A look at Apocalypto behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Mel Gibson last helmed Flight Risk and Hacksaw Ridge. The film's writer Mel Gibson last penned Get the Gringo and The Passion of the Christ.

- The film, which Gibson is directing, producing and financing, will be spoken in Mayan dialect, although like his last film, The Passion of Christ, which he shot in Aramaic, it is expected to have English subtitles.
- The film's cast is to feature largely unknown actors from Mexico City as well as indigenous Mayan-speakers from the region of Yucatan and U.S. Native Americans.

Dec 2004

Changed Apocalypto movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Parent Rating: R Restricted for sequences of graphic violence and distrubing images
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: When the end comes, not everyone is ready to go.
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Apocalypto was released in on Friday, December 8 , 2006. There were four other movies released on the same date, including The Holiday, Blood Diamond and Breaking and Entering.