This works so very well as an action movie, so much so that the historical context it was in is merely secondary to what this film has to offer - the action. The action was superb and paced perfectly, the brooding suspense and the refreshing cinematography totally sucks you into the movie, the music was excellent and complements the action perfectly. The camerawork was magnificent and should be a guide to how most action scenes should be shot, instead of all the shaky cam we've been getting recently. The violence was visceral enough, but not too gory to turn your head away from. In short, it was almost the perfect action movie.
However, it took some time to get to the real core of the action, even though it was worth it. From the opening scene, the film quickly pulls you into its world and brings you along for the rollercoaster journey ahead, toying around with your emotions while making you watch in fascination at the beautiful Mayan world it has created. The journey to the Aztec city was paced too slowly though, it took too long for what is essentially a journey of two or three days, and in the end you don't really care for any of the characters there other than the protagonist Jaguar Paw and maybe the big foolish guy, Blunted. Other than that, the historical inaccuracies don't really bother me though, I wasn't actually expecting Mel Gibson to make a honest documentary anyway.
3.5/5 stars
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